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The global electronics industry is worth billions of dollars. It can trace its roots back to innovations like the gramophone and radio communications. These inventions were followed by the personal computer, and today, the industry is exploding with new developments....

Spring is in the air, and that means new beginnings. The sun is showing its face more, flowers are blooming, and people are starting to move from their homes into the great outdoors more and more. You can freshen up your life in the spirit of the season by doing some...

In the highly competitive electronics industry, there’s very little room for error. In fact, a common statistic in the industry is that customers want to see less than four defects per million opportunities. Now that’s a tall order. We can automate many...

If you’re in the electronics industry, you know what it means to do more with less. Technology is racing forward at breakneck speed. Demands are high, and yet many organizations are short-staffed. Employees often find themselves stretched to the brink and making due...

Heat: we may love the way it warms us on a chilly day, but it can wreak havoc on electronics. Few things can sabotage a printed circuit board like heat. PCB materials expand in tandem with rising temperatures. If this expansion causes the PCB to outgrow its mounting...

As semi-conductors grow more and more complex, the methods for packaging the technology are changing. These new methods are named according to their mounting style. Through-Hole Mounting: This method uses lead wires that are fed through the board through holes in a...

There are a number of challenges facing manufacturers today—particularly in the rapidly-evolving field of electronic chip production. These hurdles include: Finicky consumers. People don’t want one-size-fits-all output. They want personalized products, preferably from...

“Made in USA” is a popular theme with political undertones as people seek to improve the economy by bringing jobs back to American soil. Politics aside, though, American manufacturing is an idea that makes good economic sense. It used to be that the chosen way was to...

Technology affects many industries, but its impact is especially profound in the manufacturing sector. In the last two decades, production output has risen by nearly 50 percent, largely because of technological advances that have allowed the industry to work faster,...

For the past several years, the electronics industry has been struggling to keep up with the increasing demand for components of electronic devices. It’s a delicate balance between supply and demand, but the current climate has tipped the scales in favor of supply....

V-scoring, also called V-groove scoring, involves the cutting of a V-shaped groove on a printed circuit board’s top and bottom while leaving a certain amount of material in place to keep the PCBs together. V-scoring saves manufacturers time and money. V-scoring is...

Manufacturers used to use toxic compounds in the production of early printed circuit boards in order to save money. Later, manufacturers caught onto the dangers that these compounds posed. As workers pressed for greater safety practices on the job, the electronics...