JUNE 2020 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 105
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Connect the Dots: Increased Focus
on Health and Wellness Transforms
the PCB Industry
E
Our increased focus on health
and wellness drives technolo-
gy advancement for personal
devices and those used in the
delivery of healthcare. Bob
Tise and Matt Stevenson ex-
plain how this trend also drives both PCB pro-
duction innovation and a long-overdue update
of the employer/employee relationship.
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Sensible Design: Thermal
Management—Five Tips for
Application Success
E
With so much to consider when
choosing a thermal manage-
ment material, it's important to
do your calculations, consider
the equipment's operational,
and environmental conditions
and experiments. Underestimating these could
compromise the reliability of an electronic as-
sembly and shorten its life expectancy.
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A Design Economics
Primer
E
Chris Young begins cost-
aware design before the de-
sign cycle has even begun.
Andy Shaughnessy and Nolan
Johnson recently interviewed
Chris, an engineer with The
Goebel Company and founder
of Young Engineering Services, and asked him
to explain his approach to design economics.
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The Pulse: Communicating Materials
From Design to PCB Fabrication
E
Designer and fabricator com-
munication—especially for
high-speed PCBs—should be
a bidirectional "thing." It is so
easy for a designer to say, "Just
build this," and hand over a
challenging design to a fabricator who could
have performed better with some preliminary
conversation or dialog before placing the order.
Martyn Gaudion explores communicating ma-
terials from PCB design to fabrication.
9
Design Circuit: Competition as
a Tool for Growth
E
In his debut column, Patrick
Crawford—manager of de-
sign programs and related in-
dustry programs at IPC—high-
lights the new IPC Design
program and announces plans
for an international printed board design com-
petition, which will also include a student
division.
J
Fresh PCB Concepts: Why Design
and Produce PCBs Beyond Industry
Specification?
E
While questions may be an an-
noyance, especially when you
finally have a board designed
and are ready to have it built
for a product, Ruben Contre-
ras explains the importance of
asking these questions and requiring specifica-
tions.
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Martyb Gaudion
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