Want to know more about PCB sourcing decisions and strategies? Check out my SMTA training course, Successful PCB Purchasing 101. The course (free to SMTA members) is designed for...
The reciprocal tariff of 10% that was set to expire today, July 9th, has now been extended to August 1st. There are currently 3 types of tariffs in play:...
More and more of todayโs PCB designs require faster processing of information. That means the bare printed circuit board must have what is known asย controlled impedanceโthe elimination or minimizing...
First appeared in Circuits Assembly magazine… An in-person visit reveals unrealized potential. Itโs been almost two years since the authorsโ first visit to Thailand, which occurred just after Covid...
Over the weekend, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the extension of exclusions in the Section 301 Tariffs. The exclusions that were previously scheduled to...
Engineering questions are the number one complaint most PCB buyers have about board manufacturers. And itโs true that we ask a lot of questions before we start building your...
A year and a half after our first visit, hereโs our impression of today’s PCB manufacturing environment in Thailand…
With the reality being that there is no โdrop-inโ replacement for the manufacturing capacity and technologyย of China, whatโs a board buyer to do with all of todayโs PCB tariff...
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