By Greg Papandrew, co-founder of DirectPCB Some customers will confuse ounces with mils when it comes to the copper plating of a printed circuit board. It is important they know the...
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By Greg Papandrew, co-founder of DirectPCB It has always amazed me how electronic distributors and rep firms who sell everything that goes into an assembly rarely sell the printed...
By Greg Papandrew, Co-founder, DirectPCB Why are PCB buying departments often hesitant to move business from one vendor to another, even when it is clearly warranted? Perhaps it’s the...
Your PCB supplier has been acquired. Will this acquisition benefit you as a board buyer? Or will it lead to higher prices and a reduced level of service? The...
By Greg Papandrew, DirectPCB co-founder The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has extended the Section 301 tariff exemption on Chinese manufactured imports through year’s end. For PCBs, the exemption pertains, as it...
PCB suppliers who use good packaging methods are keeping their products safe from physical damage incurred during transit from the manufacturing facility to customers’ warehouses. But just as importantly,...
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More and more of today’s PCB designs require faster processing of information. That means the bare printed circuit board must have what is known as controlled impedance—the elimination or minimizing...