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This month in Design007 Magazine, our experts delve into the economics of PCB design, with a variety of methods for controlling costs at each stage and metrics to aid in creating cost-aware designs. In our Flex007 section, our expert contributors examine the economics of flexible circuit design from a variety of industry viewpoints.
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