Continued pressure for electronic devices that provide greater functionality in ever-smaller form-factors is not only providing the driving force behind developing smaller surface-mount components and ...

PCB Design Best Practices: Six things to consider when making PCB component choices based on part footprints. All the examples in this article are developed using the NI Multisim design environment, ...

PCB designers usually treat metrology as a manufacturing or quality problem that starts after release. That view is now becoming outdated given that more designs deal with fine features and package ...

If you’re anything like us, you have a closet full of old electronics, some broken, some obsolete. You can stop using those as paperweights with the help of this guide that shows you how to recycle ...

The complexity and density of electronics design has increased, partly due to the rise of the mobile industry, introducing new challenges for printed-circuit board (PCB) designers. Embedding ...

New features include dangling connection detection in schematics, net selection in copper pour areas, and enhancements to Excellon NC drill files. DesignSpark PCB software is a set of free-to-use ...

RS Components has launched DesignSpark PCB Pro, an upgraded version of its PCB design suite with new productivity features. DesignSpark PCB Pro is aimed at professional electronic design engineers, ...

The global flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) market is projected to grow from $21.5 billion in 2024 to $41.7 billion by ...

If you’ve spent any time at all laying out your own circuit boards we’re sure you’ve run into the issue of not having the right component or package available in the standard libraries. If it’s a ...