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The conductive inks and paste business will generate a demand for 1800 tonnes.

CadSoft’s survey found that 83% of respondents consider online peer-to-peer communities to be ‘vital’ or ‘important’ to their work, yet despite this nearly half remain inactive on such sites.

Altium Designer now features support for flex and rigid-flex design, including schematic capture, 3D PCB layout, analysis and programmable design.

Altium and Desktop EDA are partnering to provide PCB designers improved ECAD and MCAD integration with Dassault SolidWorks, Siemens Solid Edge and Autodesk Inventor.

A mathematical model that predicts the electromagnetic radiation produced by circuit boards could help to improve designs and lower costs.

ALTIUM has updated its flagship Altium Designer 3D PCB design solution with enhancements it claims will significantly enhance design clarity and reduce supply chain risk.

This article presents a brief overview of board level simulation for high-speed, multilayer PCB design and highlights some common traps and some tips so hopefully you get it right first time.

SYDNEY-based electronic contract manufacturer On-track Technology says it has expanded its facilities to better cater for the needs of its customers.

THE latest Arduino, the Leonardo, has arrived, with the new R3 standard pin layout and a simplified, single processor.

THE HARTING Technology Group will feature a simple and flexible printed circuit board connection and seamless RFID at the 2012 Hanover Fair.

MENTOR Graphics says advanced electronics contract manufacturer R.H. Technologies has successfully adopted its Valor manufacturing systems solution (MSS) suite for printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) manufacturing.

PCB design is getting tougher. So how are Australian designers coping?

Europe company NEON-EK presents foiled aluminum for printed circuit board production by Polytronics Technology Corporation.

LUMEN Australia has commissioned a new environmental laboratory in Melbourne to provide in-house testing services for its own products and clients.

ACCORDING to reports from DIGITIMES, Taiwan PCB suppliers are lowering their quotes for orders placed by Apple.

BISMALEIMIDE-Triazine (BT) resin is widely used on PCBs and chip packaging, but the industry has been watching supplies with trepidation since the Japanese earthquake took manufacturers of the material offline.

Brisbane-based contract manufacturer Crystalaid says it has acquired a die and wire bonder. According to the company, the equipment, from FEK Delvotec, will provide manufacturing capabilities covering a complete range of die and wire bonding applications including eutectic die attachment, Chip-On-Board (COB), Chip-On-Chip and Flip Chip Assembly.

Technologists from Belgian research association IMEC and its associated laboratory at Ghent University have unveiled a 3D integration process enabling flexible electronic systems with a thickness of less than 60 micrometres.

Vector Fields has released practical design tools to help RF designers exploit the properties of metamaterials, as part of its work for the AMULET research project.

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