How to strengthen your supply chain with a deep PCB vendor bench and lots more in the latest edition of Better Board Buying! Hereโs a teaser… It is January...
It is January 2026. Look at the state of the electronics supply chain. Copper is up. Gold is trading at record highs, driving ENIG finishes through the roof. Capacity...
From solder paste printing, component placement and solderingโand even to final testingโit is generally more cost-effective to assemble printed circuit boards (PCBs) that have been panelized (also known as...
Last year, my company started working with a new customer. They liked our pricing and our quality. We built about a half-dozen part numbers for themโno issues. Then one...
Let me be blunt: If you only quote your incumbents, you are training them to raise prices with confidence. In 2026, resting on your laurels is a supply chain...
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...
A year and a half after our first visit, hereโs our impression of today’s PCB manufacturing environment in Thailand…