Norwegian air accident investigators have concluded that a faulty component in a circuit board was likely a major contributing factor in the fatal accident of a Sikorsky S-92 two years ago. The ...

There are a number of complex tasks involved in the manufacturing of electronic assemblies, all of which can go wrong. In order to ensure quality standards are met, the fabrication of the printed ...

Through-hole assembly means bending leads on components and putting the leads through holes in the circuit board, then soldering them in place, and trimming the wires. That took up too much space and ...

Analog signature analysis (ASA, also known as V-I testing) is an elegant, powerful fault-diagnosis technique for printed circuit boards, and is the method of choice whenever circuit diagrams and ...

The importance of properly integrating test points into a PCB design. Test-point deployment considerations. When it comes to creating a modern electronic design, we live in both the best and the worst ...