December Issue of Design007 Magazine Available Now

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Think about this for a minute: If someone asked you what you need to know to be a great PCB designer, what would you say? Where would you even begin?

In the December issue of Design007 Magazine, we ask our expert contributors to discuss what they believe other designers and design engineers need to know as we move forward into 2020.

The December 2019 issue of Design007 Magazine is now on the virtual newsstand, and available for delivery in your e-mailbox by subscribing here.

02/12/2020 | I-Connect007 Editorial Team

The I-Connect007 team recently spoke with design instructor and author Eric Bogatin about the EMI challenges facing PCB designers today. Eric is a “signal integrity evangelist” with Teledyne LeCroy, as well as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, and technical editor of the Signal Integrity Journal. In this interview, Eric explains why EMI is so prevalent and what designers and design engineers can do to avoid EMI from the start.

02/11/2020 | Andy Shaughnessy, Design007 Magazine

Yes, you read that right. The IPC Designers Council is now known as IPC Design. Many of you have heard secondhand stories about what this change will entail, so I asked IPC to shed some light on this subject. I recently spoke with IPC’s Teresa Rowe and Patrick Crawford about what’s changing, what’s not, and IPC’s plans to provide improved infrastructure for PCB design content and curriculum.

01/29/2020 | Andy Shaughnessy, Design007 Magazine

Andy Shaughnessy recently spoke with Quantel’s Roger Beers, who voiced his concerns about the struggles engineering departments face when dealing with new technologies within ISO procedures. While great for repeatable processes, Roger says ISO in its current state may be preventing engineering growth.