Words of Advice: What are Your Biggest Problems Related to Flex Design?

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In a recent survey, we asked the following question: What are your biggest problems related to flex design? Here are a few of the answers, edited slightly for clarity.

1. We are lagging in technology.
2. None…design them correctly!
3. Stress cracking in FPC ZIF fingers.
4. We need to work more closely with our FPC fab vendors.
5. Signal integrity of signal paths through the flex and rigid parts of the PCB.

11/14/2019 | I-Connect007 Editorial Team

Editors Andy Shaughnessy and Nolan Johnson recently spoke with Lee Ritchey of Speeding Edge about the direction of PCB design. Lee also discusses some of the changes that he has seen in this industry over the past 40 years and some of the technological drivers that are causing designers to think more like electrical engineers than ever before.

11/05/2019 | Steve Williams, The Right Approach Consulting LLC

Bob Chandler of CA Design and Mark Thompson of Prototron Circuits address how new engineers use internet impedance calculators for modeling (e.g., formulas versus recipes) in Part 5 of this series. Do you use impedance calculators that you found on the internet? Read on!

10/31/2019 | Andy Shaughnessy, Design007 Magazine

In a recent survey, we asked the following question: What feature would you like to see in your CAD tool? Here are a few of the answers, edited slightly for clarity.