PCB Chat host Mike Buetow catches up on the weekly news in electronics manufacturing.

PCB Chat host Mike Buetow catches up on the weekly news in electronics manufacturing.

Wally Rhines, chairman emeritus of Mentor and spokesman for the Electronic System Design (ESD) Alliance Governing Council, and Merlyn Brunken director of market intelligence at Mentor, discuss the latest PCB and semiconductor design software market results with PCB Chat host Mike Buetow.

PCB Chat host Mike Buetow catches up on the weekly news in electronics manufacturing.

In this new addition to PCB Chat called The Screw-Ups, we talk to experts in electronics manufacturing about specific problems they’ve encountered, and offer up some potential solutions. Episode one features Tom Forsythe, vice president of Kyzen, who deconstructs rinsing.

Reliability Matters is a new podcast from Mike Konrad of Aqueous Technologies. Konrad is an industry expert on the removal ofcontamination from circuit assemblies. He has been part of the electronic assembly cleaning industry for more than 30 years and  has designed several automated cleaning and cleanliness testing machines and published scores of technical articles on cleaning and cleanliness assessment. This episode of Reliability Matters features an interview with SMT guru Bob Willis.

Joe Fama shares his impressions of electronica, the electronics industry’s largest trade show. He also explains the latest trends in outsourcing in Southeast Asia, including the cost structures of Vietnam, Malaysia and China, and says Vietnam and the Philippines are in line for growth.

PCB Chat host Mike Buetow catches up on the weekly news in electronics manufacturing.

The first IPC Technology Roadmap meeting was held 25 years ago. What have we learned since then? Host Mike Buetow reflects on lessons learned in researching a recent retrospective on that inaugural landmark document.

The Hitchhikers Guide to PCB Design is a new eBook designed to teach all the things industry experts wish they knew when starting out. Authored by a group of experts representing diverse disciplines, it's a great, tool-agnostic resource for designers and engineers. PCB Chat's Mike Buetow speaks with several of the authors and the sponsor of the book, Manny Marcano, about some of the highlights and what they learned along the way.