In PCB design, design for manufacturing (DfM) is all about correcting mistakes after reviewing a PCB layout. We then devise corrective actions to fix those mistakes and improve procedures to make ...

Smartphones feel inevitable in the hand, yet each one begins as a set of drawings, components and hypotheses. The journey from concept to finished device is a carefully sequenced collaboration between ...

South Korean AI chip startup Rebellions has announced a partnership with the Sarawak state government in Borneo, marking its ...

First spotted as a prototype in 2023, the Quad Platina Integrated is now finished; and it promises to be Quad's “finest-ever ...

A Grove City manufacturing company has lost millions of dollars to tariffs imposed by President Trump this year, cutting into the company's bottom line and causing it to take cost-saving measures, an ...

How a small change in lead arrangement transforms a through-hole component into a surface-mount version. The role of safety resistors in power-meter, appliance, and automotive applications. Why these ...

Murata SMD TYPE IRS-D200ST00R1 is one of the world’s smallest PIR motion sensors at just 6 x 6 mm in size and with a 2.6 mm thickness. Its name implies, it’s a reflowable SMD component, which ...

[Kalesh Sasidharan] from Sciotronics wrote in to tell us about their project, Stamp: a modular set of template breakout boards designed to make prototyping with SMD components faster, easier, and more ...

A manufacturer’s perspective on determining parts layout. A land pattern refers to the footprint or layout of surface-mount components on a printed circuit board (PCB). It includes the arrangement of ...

Kennedy claimed COVID vaccines were approved "without any scientific basis." Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation hearing on Wednesday to lead the Department of Health and Human Services saw senators ...