The quality of the soldering has a tremendous impact on the overall quality of the PCB. Through soldering, different parts of the PCB are connected to other electrical components to make a PCB ...

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The year was 1996 and it was my second year with this Hard Disk Drive company. I had joined them as an EMC Engineer to provide EMC support to the PCB design engineers. Within a year I was being called ...

Last month marked the first in a series of columns on the shortcomings of today's FPGA packages. This month, I will identify specific package problems. Before going into detail on the specifics, it's ...

Shortly after Burlington High School closed last September because of high levels of airborne toxic chemicals in its tech center building, district Superintendent Tom Flanagan got what he thought was ...

North Country Union High School was built when Lyndon B. Johnson was president. Its 55-year-old windows and doors need to be replaced, according to a facilities assessment completed last year. The ...

A federal investigation found that a major hazardous waste facility at the center of a birth defects controversy improperly disposed of a chemical known to cause cancer and reproductive problems. The ...