Enabling Revolutionary Nondestructive Inspection Capability

June 17, 2019 | DARPA

X-rays and gamma rays have a wide range of applications including scanning suspicious maritime shipping containers for illicit materials, industrial inspection of materials and processes, and medical diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

SMT Solver: Benchmarking Defect Levels in Your Products

June 17, 2019 | Ray Prasad, Ray Prasad Consulting

In this column, Ray Prasad discusses why zero defects may be a desirable goal but not a realistic one. He also shares some industry data as proof, which you can also use to benchmark defect levels in your products. Finally, he also addresses the choices when selecting components that have a big impact on the level of defects you should expect.

SMT Solver: Benchmarking Defect Levels in Your Products

June 17, 2019 | Ray Prasad, Ray Prasad Consulting

In this column, Ray Prasad discusses why zero defects may be a desirable goal but not a realistic one. He also shares some industry data as proof, which you can also use to benchmark defect levels in your products. Finally, he also...

The Government Circuit: Team IPC Working on North American Trade, EPA Regulations, EU Policy, and More

June 13, 2019 | Chris Mitchell, IPC

In one of the highlights of IPC’s work every year, top executives from electronics companies from across the U.S. came together in Washington, D.C., recently to call for policies that will drive the electronics industry’s...

Standard of Excellence: Three Ways to Face the Future With Your PCB Suppliers

June 3, 2019 | Team ASC, American Standard Circuits

Once you have established a solid, trusting relationship with your PCB vendor, you can start working together developing new products, technologies, and in some cases, services. There are even times when your PCB supplier will bring...