PC mount receptacles
11 February, 2008Switchcraft has extended its IP68-rated EN 3 range by adding panel mount receptacles that have right-angle PCB terminals.
Who should lay out my printed circuit boards?
10 April, 2007 by Rob Leslie*As ever shortening product lifetimes impose tighter and tighter time-to-market pressures, the variety of CAD/EDA software looks more and more bewildering and the make-or-buy question for PCB design remains as hotly argued as ever
Tracking the story of the PCB - part 2
10 April, 2007 by Peter BrownleeBy the first years of the twentieth century, electronic communication technologies such as the telegraph, telephone and radio were transforming advanced societies, creating new industries and, in the process, fuelling demands for efficient, reliable circuitry that could also be mass produced as economically as possible.
Tracking the story of the PCB - part 1
09 March, 2007 by Peter BrownleeJust who invented the printed circuit? And how? Considering the crucial importance of printed circuitry to modern electronics, the story is surprisingly obscure
Temperature effects on circuit board materials
09 June, 2006Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and DuPont Electronic Technologies have demonstrated a non-destructive method for measuring how temperature affects the electrical properties of three common circuit board materials (ceramic, polymer and glass).
Environmentally friendly PCBs
20 April, 2006Griffith University researchers have developed an electronic circuit technology that claims to have significant cost, efficiency and environmental advantages over existing printed circuit boards (PCBs).
Increasing costs in PCB industry
23 February, 2006In recent months costs of raw- and auxiliary materials as well as charges for energy have risen in the PCB-industry.
LPKF ProMask
04 October, 2005LPKF ProMask is a quick, simple and cost effective solution to produce professional solder-resist masks on prototype circuit boards. LPKF ProMask ensures printed circuit boards are perfectly finished and allows soldering, free of short circuits. LPKF ProMask protects PCBs completely from environmental corrosion or oxidization.
Circuit board plotter
12 April, 2005LPKF Laser & Electronics AG has released its ProtoMat S62 PCB plotter, an automated system that is claimed to deliver more than double the milling speed of other plotters.
Generation circuit board plotters
03 March, 2005LPKF Laser & Electronics AG announces the release of its ProtoMat S62 PCB plotter. This compact and automated system delivers more than double the milling speed of comparable plotters. It has an automatic tool change and a motorized Z-axis, which are features usually found only on higher-priced systems. The ProtoMat S62 can mill 150 mm (6") per second at a system resolution of 0.25 µm (0.01 mil), producing precise structures as small as 0.1 mm (4 mils).
Tracing tool
03 February, 2005The compact VisiFault emits a bright beam of red light for easy fibre location from a distance. Users can visually trace one fibre among many, either in a cable or when terminated in a rack, by visually locating the emitted light.
PCBs go down to the wire
30 January, 2005The market demands ever greater miniaturisation in printed circuit boards - as well as an increasing use of flexible circuitry - so the need for improved methods of producing high-resolution PCBs is becoming more important.
Serial boards
12 October, 2004National Instruments has announced eight RS232/485 serial interfaces that deliver features such as flexible baud rates up to 1 Mbps and universal PCI, hyperthreading and multiprocessor support.
Prototype PCB plotter
04 August, 2004LPKF Laser & Electronics has released the ProtoMat H100 that allows reduction in the production time of prototype PCBs.
Standardised boards
15 March, 2004The JRex 3.5" CPU boards fit in between PC/104 modules that are suitable for low production volumes with a broad selection of off-the-shelf available I/O modules and custom baseboard designs that use CPU board standards such as ETX and DIMM-PC.
