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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Use of surface-mount technology (SMT) in consumer products offers a major competitive advantage—they enable significant design miniaturization. Surface-mount devices (SMD) come in a variety of ...

Espressif's ESP32-P4 revision 3.0 and greater converts pin 54 of the chip from NC (non-connected) to a power rail (VDD_HP_1), ...

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, ...

Sony's core semiconductor business, CMOS image sensors (CIS), has reportedly encountered yield challenges in recent production. Industry sources say the issue could introduce uncertainty into Apple's ...

At the October 24 earnings call for PCB upstream copper foil supplier LCY Technology, an affiliate of the LCY Group, vice president Li Yu-min pointed to a cautious outlook for the company due to ...

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 ...

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 ...