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Würth Elektronik Develops CHARM
for Robust Electronics for Harsh
Industrial Environments
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In June 2020, Würth Elek-
tronik started the EU proj-
ect CHARM together with
36 European partners. The
goal of the ECSEL JU project
CHARM is to develop indus-
trial IoT solutions that have an improved toler-
ance to harsh industrial environments.
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Lean Digital Thread: Accelerating
Global New Product Introduction
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James Dyson once said, "Manu-
facturing is more than just put-
ting parts together. It's coming
up with ideas, testing principles,
and perfecting the engineer-
ing, as well as the final assem-
bly." In this column, Sagi Reuven describes
the importance of process engineering or new
product introduction (NPI) and how process
engineers can make a big difference.
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X-Rayted Files: A Century of X-Rays
in the Automotive Industry, Part 2
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As one of the main users of
X-ray inspection, the automo-
tive industry has been one of
the main drivers for the devel-
opment of higher power and
higher resolution X-ray imag-
ing systems. Dr. Bill Cardoso continues with
Part 2 of this column series.
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Zulki's PCB Nuggets: What's
Different Between C2 and C4 for
PCB Microelectronics Assembly?
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In Zulki Khan's last column, he
talked about flip-chip ball grid
array (BGA), or FCBGA, mak-
ing its grand entrance into PCB
microelectronics assembly. But
that subject requires a lot more
digging to get the full story for OEMs planning
highly advanced products that demand PCB
microelectronics assembly.
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