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PCB Design
When It Comes to CAD, Function Beats Speed
A veteran PCB designer's question – "What sort of data is
available to benchmark the top four CAD tools out there?" – sparks a huge survey and reveals some surprising answers.
by Chelsey Drysdale

TPCA Report
The Mitchell Plan
IPC's new president is wasting no time remaking the trade group in his own (attentive) image.
by Matthew Holzmann

Reliability
Technical Diagnostics of Electronics Products: Application of Bayes Formula and Boltzmann-Arrhenius-Zhurkov
(BAZ) Model
For systems where failure-free operation is critical, technical diagnostics can recognize, in a continuous fashion and without dismantling, the ability to continue to function as expected over the long-term.
by Ephraim Suhir, Laurent BECHOU and Alain Bensoussan

Retrospective
Our dearly departed.
Mike Buetow

FIRST PERSON

• Caveat Lector
  'Cooking' up some changes.
  Mike Buetow

   

MONEY MATTERS

• ROI
  No day at the beach.
  Peter Bigelow

• Focus on Business
  SMTAI was worth the trip, even if it
  was Orlando.
  Susan Mucha

TECH TALK

• Designer’s Notebook
  BGA via-in-pad.
  Duane Benson

• ESD Basics
  Principles for material selection and program decisions.
  The ESD Association

• Solar Technologies
  Noncontact methods.
  Tom Falcon

• Tech Tips
  Hand soldering or selective?
  ACI Technologies

• Technical Abstracts
  In case you missed it.

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