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The Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Specialties of PCB Design

March 19, 2024 | Stephen V. Chavez, Siemens EDA

What were once specialties have become more generalized over time—PCB designers must learn about design automation, signal integrity (SI), electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), complex high-speed design, mechanical design, and manufacturability/producibility. Design engineers must learn about layout, simulation, and supply chains—and in their place new specialties have emerged, like multi-gigabit SerDes channel design, advanced manufacturing, IoT, and multi-physics system verification.

Flexible Thinking: PCB Designers Still Wanted

March 13, 2024 | Joe Fjelstad, Flexible Thinking

From their relatively simple beginnings, PCBs were largely structured using through-components, including axial leaded resistors, capacitors and diodes, and the iconic dual inline bug-like IC packages. They were often assembled using breadboard and wire-wrapped connections that enabled the electronics hobbyists to prototype their imaginative circuit designs. Current generation PCBs rival their integrated circuit siblings in complexity as they have become even more closely associated with creating today’s mind-numbing products.




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