DECEMBER 2019 I SMT007 MAGAZINE 95
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SMTAI 2019: To the Moon
and Beyond
E
Dr. Mike Hawes is currently
the VP for human space explo-
ration and the Orion Program
manager for Lockheed Martin.
Barry Matties spoke with him
afterward to discuss the tech-
nology innovations that empower the next-gen-
eration spacecraft to take astronauts to explore
farther than humankind has ever ventured.
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Zulki's PCB Nuggets: Smart Pills
and Cameras—The Next Frontier
for PCB Microelectronics
E
The phrase, "Take two aspi-
rin," takes on new meaning, as
medical electronics move into
new frontiers of inspecting a
human's gastrointestinal tract
with new, revolutionary ingest-
ible smart pills and "pill cams."
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Powerful Prototypes:
Panelization—What Is It and
Why Would You Want It?
E
We see orders for a single board, and we see
orders for thousands. "A few thousand" falls
way outside the realm of "prototype," but in
the startup and open-source worlds, the lines
are blurred. Once you order more than about
50 boards, a few things change; for example,
you should consider ordering your boards in a
panel, also called arrays or a palette, of multi-
ple boards.
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Quest for Reliability: Reliability
by the Book
E
Eric Camden can say that the
next time he works on a Class
I failure analysis project, it
will pretty much be the first.
Class I electronics serve a dif-
ferent purpose in life, and if
they fail, it's normally not a big deal; instead,
it's mainly a minor inconvenience. Eric also
speaks to specifications for Class I, II, and III
products per IPC definitions as well as the IPC
standards process.
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Libra Industries, Indium Corporation,
STI Electronics Pledge Support for
Stromberg Scholarship
E
SMTA and the JoAnn Strom-
berg Leadership Scholarship
recently received a five-year
commitment of support from
Indium Corporation, Libra
Industries, and STI Electron-
ics. Rod Howell, CEO of Libra
Industries, moved the scholarship even further,
pledging an additional five-year commitment.
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Kathleen A. Walters Joins Jabil
Board of Directors
E
Jabil Inc. announced Kath-
leen A. Walters has been
appointed to the Jabil
Board of Directors.
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Eric Camden
Rod Howell
Kathleen A. Walters
Dr. Mike Hawes
Zulki Khan
