Karl's Tech Talk

Optical Interconnects

The Shaughnessy Report

The Shaughnessy Report: Everything Starts with the Designer

Getting Connected with Social Media

Getting Connected with Social Media: Can You 'Game' the LinkedIn Publishing Algorithm?

Quiet Power

Quiet Power: Measurement-to-Simulation Correlation on Thin Laminate Test Boards

Software Bytes

Fein-Lines

CES 2015: A Retrospective

Kramer on Counterfeits

A Summary of Counterfeit Avoidance: Development & Impact

From One Engineer to Another

Indium and Gallium: Playing Important Roles in LED Lighting and the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics

Tim's Takeaways

Like it or Not, You're a Role Model

Brooks' Bits

Electromagnetic Fields, Part 2: How They Impact Propagation Speed

Bert's Practical Design Notes

Accelerating the SI Learning Curve - Bogatin's SI Academy

SMT Trends & Technologies

LED the Sunshine In

SMT Trends & Technologies

What is Your Real Output?

SMT Perspectives and Prospects

Learn From the Wise

All About Flex

All About Flex: Terms and Conditions

Sensible Design

Sensible Design: Resins Fit for a Purpose—Failure Mitigation and Environmental Concerns

SMT Solver

SMT Solver: Benchmarking Defect Levels in Your Products

The European Angle

CircuitData: A New Open Standard for PCB Fab Data Exchange

Flex Talk

Spark an Idea

Knocking Down the Bone Pile

Knocking Down the Bone Pile: BGA and PCB Warpage—What to Do

The Government Circuit

The Government Circuit: IPC Promoting R&D on Lead-free Electronics, Streamlined Chemical Data Reporting, and More

The Bare (Board) Truth

The Bare (Board) Truth: Fabrication Starts With Solid Design Practices

Laser Pointers

Laser Pointers: Stepping Up to Laser Processing for Flex, Part 6 — Proper Care and Feeding of Your Equipment

Accelerating Tech – Insights from the Smarter Factory

Accelerating Tech: Standards-driven, Digital Design Flow for Industry 4.0

In Search of Operational Excellence

In Search of Operational Excellence: Becoming the Preferred Supplier, Phase 1—Transform Your Company's Culture With Lean Sigma

Putting It All Together

The Economics of Reducing Cycle Time in PCB Fabrication

Quest for Reliability

Quest for Reliability: The F Word

The Short Scoop

Improving Stencil Printing Results

Happy’s Essential Skills

Happy’s Essential Skills: Tip of the Month—The NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods

Can-Do in CAM Outsourcing

The Big Picture: Globalization—What Happened?

Flexible Thinking

Flexible Thinking: How to Get From Here to There

Designers Notebook

Embedding Components, Part 7—Semiconductor Placement and Termination Methodologies

The PCB Norsemen

The PCB Norsemen: From Wooden Huts to Homemade Go-karts—It All Starts With Design!

The Town Crier

True MCAD-ECAD Architecture: A Common-Sense Approach

Launch Letters

Launch Letters: Myths about Millennials—Workplace Safety Matters

Consider This

Acrylic vs. Epoxy Adhesives for Flexible Circuits

Mil/Aero Markets

The Fourth Pillar of Defense Acquisition: Cybersecurity

The Essential Pioneer's Survival Guide

If It's My Data, I Can Do What I Want, Right?

Standard of Excellence

Standard of Excellence: Choosing the Right Replacement Vendor

Flex Time

Flex Time: Alternative Constructions in Rigid-flex Designs

Testing Todd

Testing Todd: The Evolution of Probers and Fixture Testers: Blinded by Science

Zulki's PCB Nuggets

Zulki’s PCB Nuggets: PCB Microelectronics—Inspection and Calibration

Millennials in Manufacturing

Millennials in Manufacturing: Hiring, Training and Retaining Millennials

The Digital Layout

The Digital Layout: Spotlight on the Orange County Chapter

Trouble in Your Tank

Trouble in Your Tank: OSP Performance—Effect of Film Thickness and Microetch

Punching Out!

Punching Out! Exit Planning 101

SMT Stencils 101

Overcoming the Challenges of Miniaturization with New Stencil Technologies–Solder Paste Release, Pt. 2

Bob and Me

Controlled Impedance: A Real-World Look at the PCB Side

Let's Talk Testing

Let’s Talk Testing: Professor Plum in the Library with the Candlestick…Right?

Powerful Prototypes

Powerful Prototypes: The Ideal Bill of Materials

One World, One Industry

Emerging Engineer Program: A Unique Opportunity Offered by IPC

Connect the Dots

Connect the Dots: The Future of PCB Manufacturing Doesn't Belong to Robots, but to the Users

The Right Approach

Help Wanted! How to Train New Employees in Today’s Digital World

Jumping Off the Bandwagon

The Proper Position to Take on Voids in Solder Joints

Altus' Axis

Why Are Data Analytics so Important to R&D Within Inspection Businesses?

Lightning Speed Laminates

Lightning Speed Laminates: Practical Evaluations of Glass Weave Effect

The Sales Cycle

The Sales Cycle: Social Media - It's Nothing New...or Is It?

More Than Just Dry Air

Controlling Oxidation and Intermetallics in Moisture-sensitive Devices

Better to Light a Candle

Better to Light a Candle: Chapter Three—First-year Recap of the PCB Fabrication Course at MTU

It's Only Common Sense

It’s Only Common Sense: Five Tips for Rescuing Orphans

Beyond Design

Beyond Design: The Key to Product Reliability

The Pulse

The Pulse: Modelled, Measured, Mindful—Closing the SI Loop

Ladle on Manufacturing

The Travelling Engineer, Installment 2

Defense Speak Interpreted

Defense Speak Interpreted: DARPA ERI

EPTE Newsletter

EPTE Newsletter: JPCA Show 2019, Part 2

Solving DAM Problems

Solving a True DAM Problem

Various Archived Columns

Conversations with...Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc.

Mr. Laminate Tells All

Mr. Laminate Tells All: Good Morning, Vietnam!

The Mannifest

The Mannifest: First Time With In-house SMT Assembly? Start With a Great Design