NOVEMBER 2020 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 101
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Flexible Circuit Technology
Workshop #5 Tackles Structures,
Applications, Materials, and Manu-
facturing Processes: Think and Plan
in Three Dimensions!
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In just 15 minutes, flex expert
Joe Fjelstad will teach you about
implementing this useful tech-
nology into your manufacturing
operation. Joe suggests you start
with defining your end-product
requirements and understanding cost and prod-
uct life cycle expectations, as well as end-user
needs. He further addresses the many consid-
erations with adopting this useful technology.
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Design Circuit: IPC-2231 Captures
Board Design Best Practices
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There are new document revi-
sions being prepared for indus-
try review throughout the IPC
standards development ecosys-
tem. Patrick Crawford focuses
on one such document: the IPC-
2231 DFX Guidelines, which is currently being
revised into IPC-2231A and will help create
excellent boards.
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I-Connect007 Editor's Choice:
Five Must-Reads for the Week
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It's showtime! This past week, we saw quite
a bit of news about virtual trade shows. It's
great to see show managers pivot from live, in-
person events to virtual shows with only a few
months to make it all happen. How would you
like to be a show manager today?
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Elementary, Mr. Watson: Location,
Location, Location
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When it comes to PCB design,
one of the most overlooked prin-
ciples is component placement.
Similar to a home, the compo-
nent location has a considerable
impact on the quality and is the
real value of a PCB design. John Watson exam-
ines five rules to follow when it comes to com-
ponent placement.
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Stop Relating Trace Temperature
to Current Density
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Many design engineers and even
many software suppliers make
the significant mistake of equat-
ing changes in trace or via tem-
perature with current density.
This is incorrect at best and dan-
gerous at worst. There is little if any correla-
tion between temperature and current density.
Current and trace dimensions (among other
things) are the relevant variables, but current
density is not. Doug Brooks shares four illus-
trations to help understand this.
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Real Time with… AltiumLive 2020:
Eli Hughes' Full-Stack Hardware
Engineer Keynote
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Nolan Johnson details TZero
Co-founder Eli Hughes' keynote
presentation titled "Crossing the
Chasm: The Road to Becoming a
Full-Stack Hardware Engineer,"
demonstrating how it takes cross-
disciplinary thinking to truly innovate.
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Joe Fjelstad
John Watson
Doug Brooks
Eli Hughes
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