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• Is the PCB Industry Ready to Embrace 5G?

  Growing demand for 5G systems escalates the need for high-end PCBs.
  Fabricators must be aware of smaller margins of error, risk of system malfunction
  and communication failures.

  https://pcdandf.com/pcdesign/index.php/editorial/menu-features/13749-5g-1907

• How to Produce an ECO or Update an Existing Design

  Most CAD designers get the layout correct the first time and never make layout changes after board files go to production. So how do you handle large-scale modifications?

  https://pcdandf.com/pcdesign/index.php/editorial/menu-features/13750-pcb-engineering-1907

• Material Selection for High-Speed PCB Design

  When it comes to purchasing circuit boards, “commodity manager” may have been a reasonable title decades ago, but it’s not accurate today. Everything matters at higher speeds.
  

  https://www.pcdandf.com/pcdesign/index.php/editorial/menu-features/13607-high-speed-laminates-1905

• Why Are You Still Using Gerber?

  The alternatives to Gerber, IPC-2581 and ODB++, offer a single-source, intelligent dataset used for processes throughout the PCB cycle. A longtime user compares and contrasts the ECAD formats.

  https://pcdandf.com/pcdesign/index.php/editorial/menu-features/13521-data-transfer-1904

• Going Green: PCB Designers Say Salaries on Rise

  Designers and engineers are getting paid more. But are they working harder for a living?

  https://www.pcdandf.com/pcdesign/index.php/editorial/menu-features/13450-salary-survey-1903

• Designing for Higher Power in Smaller Form Factors

  The redesign of a higher wattage adapter into a space 25% smaller was made easy by thermal modeling software.

  https://www.pcdandf.com/pcdesign/index.php/editorial/menu-features/13449-thermal-design-1903