There is an old saying that goes, “You get what you pay for.” This is especially true when it comes to our industry. Often, we get calls from customers who left us and were attracted to the lure of lower-priced PCBs. They saw one of those bargain-basement ads and decided to give them a try... More >

Mentor conducted its annual User2User Conference virtually this year on November 10. In a departure from past U2U conferences, this event was focused primarily on developing semiconductor advances.

The conference started with a short keynote from Kevin Hiroshima, VP of sales for the West. After the normal greetings, noting that attendance was double that of the in-person conference and sharing his regrets for having to be virtual, Kevin hoped that this U2U conference would be easier “than teaching math to your 9-year-old.” He pointed out the contributions of Siemens to the design and thermal distribution simulation of the camera instruments and electrical distribution system for the new orbiting astronomical observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, which will orbit 1... More >

Regarding board design, IPC has been busy. IPC-2581 (Generic Requirements for Printed Board Assembly Products Manufacturing Description Data and Transfer Methodology)—often referred to as DPMX—is currently being updated to the C revision... More >