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Component traceability, in-lab testing, and inspection of finished products are critical aspects of quality control for electronic products. Large and small electronics OEMs in highly regulated industries must contend with the same set of quality standards on new products. Supply chain volatility, broadened product lines, and more advanced electronic designs place greater pressure on quality...

IoT devices, new mobile devices, UAVs/UUVs, unique systems in aerospace and defense—all of these products and many more now require wireless communication in one or more frequency bands, often simultaneously. This means each of these systems will need one or more antennas to operate in their intended environments. This is in addition to the large...

When you think of low-volume production for electronic components and devices, you likely think of producing a single panel of prototype PCBs or a single wafer of ICs. Compared to ICs, PCBs require much greater customization, are typically produced in lower volume and may be created in several variants throughout a product’s lifecycle. Each design...

Anyone that has spent a significant amount of time working in the electronics industry knows that the components landscape can change in an instant. Large fabrication houses can easily buy out component stocks when new products need to be produced in an instant, and component manufacturers can have trouble keeping up with rapid changes in...

Additive manufacturing and its core process of 3D printing are not always seen as being related. 3D printing is normally viewed as being used to fabricate plastic mechanical parts from 3D CAD models, but 3D printing is used in many industries for the fabrication of metal components. Groups of processes, like powder bed fusion (PBF),...

Manufacturers are always looking for ways to decrease costs, increase throughput, improve quality, and adapt their processes to produce more advanced products, often simultaneously. Whether your company produces complex mechanical systems or unique electronics, your manufacturing process is a critical cost driver for your company. Innovative companies are exploring or actively using new manufacturing methods...

Electronics designers and manufacturers must pay constant attention to the supply chain for electronics components. Frequent component shortages, significant lead times, and even instances of counterfeit components motivate the use of other methods for directly fabricating electronic components for use in PCBs as an overall strategy in part simplification. The goal is to reduce the...

The additive manufacturing space is in the throes of continuous innovation and is producing real gains in a variety of industries. In the electronics industry, PCB designers need to tailor their products to specific 3D printing systems and materials with the right design for additive manufacturing guidelines. These guidelines are about more than signal or...