• Engineers are replacing metals with highperformance plastics to cut weight and eliminate material-related failures. • Designers should reconsider conventional mechanical joining techniques and look ...

A flex circuit, also known as a flexible electronic or a flex board, is both a product and a type of PCB technology. This technology allows for the mounting of electronic devices and circuits on ...

The design stage of a product’s life cycle is arguably one of the most crucial decision making periods, as 70 to 80 percent of the overall manufacturing cost can be projected at this stage. Engineers ...

The need for Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) began shortly after the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, but it took a hundred years for it to ultimately come into focus in the 1960s, and it ...

Advances in sequencing technologies and increased access to sequencing have led to recent renewed interest in sequence assembly algorithms and tools. Assembly continues to be a computationally ...

Low-power IC design techniques have been around for quite a while. They weren’t always required, though they were nice to have. The rapid growth of the consumer market for battery-powered devices has ...

BANGKOK, THAILAND, Geometric modeling is essential for populating virtual environments and designing real objects, ranging from furniture and car assembly to 3D modeling of chemical compounds and ...

The printed circuit board (PCB) industry, like almost all in the technology sector, has experienced extraordinary growth and change since its inception in the early 20th century. Changes in component ...

DFM is the classic method of creating good product designs that reduce part count, simplify manufacturing techniques, and standardize parts and materials with the ultimate goal of developing a quality ...