2017 Magazine Archives

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DESIGNERS COUNCIL
25 Years of the Designers Council
The founders look back at the grass roots effort to make the “designer” a recognized and valued profession.
by Chelsey Drysdale

INDUCTOR DESIGN
Design for Excellence: Inductor Form, Fit, Function Equivalence and New Design Rules
A lack of standardization – or even attention – for the mountain of inductor package types is spurring high-impedance failures.
by Matt Kelly, Mitch Ferrill, Mark Jeanson, Jesus Montanez and Timothy Jennings

PRODUCTRONICA RECAP
At Productronica, the Machines Did the Talking
At the largest electronics trade show outside Asia, equipment vendors emphasized their ties to one or more of the various machine communication protocols under development.
by Mike Buetow

Advantages of Organic Polymers vs. ITO in Capacitive Touch Keys
PEDOT is gaining traction as a replacement for ITO-based designs.
by Steve Fulton

In Memoriam
A look back at friends and colleagues who left us in 2017.

FIRST PERSON

• CAVEAT LECTOR
  Lots of talk about machine communication.
  Mike Buetow

MONEY MATTERS

• ROI
  Annoyed by the acronyms.
  Peter Bigelow
  

TECH TALK

• DESIGNER’S NOTEBOOK
  Building a better BoM.
  Duane Benson
• THE FLEXPERTS
  Tricks of the over-mold.
  Mark Finstad
• GETTING LEAN
  Are you capable?
  John Borneman

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