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Introduction to the new PCB design best practices series

Are you a PCB designer, an electrical engineer, or someone else involved with printed circuit engineering looking to optimize the…

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Variant management in the PCB design process

It’s typical for today’s electronic products to have different producible versions or variants. This is because a product may need…

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Top 5 rigid-flex design guidelines

Rigid-flex DFM I am not sure if you have seen a rigid-flex circuit before, but I bet you must have…

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Board verification using simulation

Lack of signal integrity (SI) validation is one of the key reasons board designs fail in the field. That’s why…

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Supply chain disruptions: be prepared with real-time, integrated supply chain intelligence solutions

This supply chain intelligence blog was written by Chad Jackson, Chief Analyst & CEO at Lifecycle Insights, and comments have…

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ISO 27001 and SOC 2 compliance: why should they matter to PCB designers?

How often do you think about cybersecurity when designing a printed circuit board? Probably not very often, but with security…

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How to leverage design tools with integrated, real-time supply chain intelligence 

This blog was written by Chad Jackson, Chief Analyst & CEO at Lifecycle Insights, and comments have been provided throughout…

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Overcoming the challenges of a volatile supply chain

This blog was written by Chad Jackson, Chief Analyst & CEO at Lifecycle Insights, and comments have been provided throughout…

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Make informed decisions with real-time electronic component sourcing data

An integral part of a PCB design engineer’s job is part selection. A lot of research and consideration goes into…