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๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐๐‚๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‹๐š๐› ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ: ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐–๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ (๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘)

  • JP
๐˜ˆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต & ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ & ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต. ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ: ๐’๐ž๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ A PCB’s outer layers can...
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๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐๐‚๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‹๐š๐› ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ: ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐–๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ (๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ)

  • Greg Papandrew
๐˜ˆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต & ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ & ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต. (Read Part 1 here). ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น: ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ “๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ” ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ...
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๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐๐‚๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‹๐š๐› ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ: ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐–๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ

  • Greg Papandrew
๐˜ˆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต & ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ & ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต. Every PCB order carries the same risk: a board that looks perfect on...
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๐“๐ก๐ž โ€œ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ง๐žโ€ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐Œ๐ข๐ฑ, ๐‹๐จ๐ฐ-๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐‚๐๐ฌ

  • Greg Papandrew
IF ANYONE SITS in on enough supply chain meetings, it wonโ€™t take long before the phrase โ€œChina Plus Oneโ€ comes up. It has become the prevailing corporate mantra. Driven by...
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๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐๐‚๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐€๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ญ ๐๐‚๐ ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ!

  • Greg Papandrew
Heโ€™ll be speaking September 30 on The Hidden Failure Mode Using Mixed VIPPO in BGA Structures. Al Block brings over four decades of experience in the SMTA/PCB industry to...
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๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐œ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐‚๐ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง

  • Greg Papandrew
Your PCB supplier has been acquired. The news is out, and your sales rep is suddenly using words like โ€œsynergyโ€ and โ€œseamless transition.โ€ In todayโ€™s bare board market, the...
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๐ˆ ๐š๐ฆ ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐  ๐๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐›๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐Œ๐“๐€

  • Greg Papandrew
๐‘ฝ๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’†๐’๐’…๐’” ๐‘ฑ๐’–๐’๐’š 31! VOTE HERE SMTA offers training in technology, manufacturing, and process controls when it comes to making good electronic assemblies, but it could train our membership better on...
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  • Greg Papandrew
DirectPCBโ€™s own Greg Papandrew has updated his book, ๐™‹๐˜พ๐˜ฝ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฎ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ! It helps board buyers navigate modern procurement, avoid outdated practices and secure a competitive edge.ย  Get it...
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๐๐‚๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ž

  • Greg Papandrew
๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ When it comes to PCB costs, we are in a perfect storm. The price and availability of raw materials, gold and...
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