CUI today announced that it has teamed up with SnapEDA to provide designers with a catalog of free, ready-to-download PCB footprints and symbols for CUI’s range of board mount electromechanical components. Circuit board design has historically been a time-consuming and challenging process due to the variety of product configurations and standards. With this partnership, users will […]
PCB Design
Ultra-compact cable-to-board connector optimizes space on crowded PCBs
Continuing to extend the breadth of its interconnect solutions, Harwin has announced the latest addition to the M40 series. With phosphor bronze contacts that are rated for currents of up to 1 A, these lightweight, low profile 1-mm pitch units are the smallest in the company’s portfolio of cable-to-board connectors. They have been developed specifically […]
BGA sockets operate up to 75 GHz with 1 dB insertion loss
A new BGA socket design uses high-performance elastomer capable of 75 GHz while exhibiting very low inductance. It can also handle a wide temperature range. The GT-BGA-2082 socket is designed for 6×6-mm package size and operates at bandwidths up to 75 GHz with less than 1 dB of insertion loss. The socket is designed to […]
PCB design: changing the focus
by Craig Armenti, Those of us who have been in the PCB design business for more than a decade either have direct knowledge of, or have heard the stories about, how the profession has evolved since the late 70’s and early 80’s. The shift from drafting tables, Mylar, and hand taping, to light tables, digitizers […]
Circuit simulators target FinFET process IC designs
Synopsys Inc. announced release of the latest versions of its circuit simulation and custom design products—HSPICE, FineSim SPICE, and CustomSim simulators and the Custom Compiler IC design tool—to address the growing need for robust custom design. The growth in automotive electronics and transition to FinFET process nodes have led to a significant increase in IC […]
What electronic manufacturing files do you need for PCB assembly?
Duane Benson, Screaming Circuits For PCB assemblers, manufacturing is all about taking design data and delivering good working circuit boards. Well, it can be just data — as in full turn-key, or data plus some parts, and PC boards — as in a partial turn-key or a kitted job. Regardless of whether designers send parts […]
Analog vs Digital
I am principally an analog designer who also designs custom ICs, but I also get involved in microcontrollers, and CPLD/FPGA design when necessary, which is quite often. Some applications are often clearly digital or analog, but others are not so clear. Which approach you take is likely to depend on your skill-set. A digital engineer […]
Do you really need soldermask and silkscreen for PCB design?
Duane Benson, Chief Technology Champion, Screaming Circuits As PCB assemblers, we’ve been asked the question,”Do I really need soldermask and silkscreen?” many times. And, we’ve been asked with good reasons. To us, soldermask protects exposed metal, reduce the chance of shorts and keeps solder where solder needs to be. Silkscreen removes ambiguity, ensuring that parts […]
BGA elastomer sockets operate up to 40 GHz with less than 1 dB insertion loss
A new high-performance elastomer socket for 0.4-mm pitch BGA packages is called the SG25-BGA-2042. Developed by Ironwood Electronics, the socket is designed for a 4.47×4.34-mm package size and operates at bandwidths up to 40 GHz with less than 1 dB of insertion loss (GSSG configuration). The contact resistance is typically 20 mΩ/pin. Network analyzer reflection […]
Modules accommodate high-input voltage requirements for 100 VDC to 1200 VDC
Pico Electronics has now expanded its product offerings to accommodate the high input voltages required from battery, solar and alternate voltage sources from 100 VDC to 1,200 VDC. These modules simplify requirements from these high voltages to board level requirements from 5 VDC to 300 VDC isolated outputs in one step. The DC1 series have […]
