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It started out as a simple idea: Why not let our readers pose questions to Happy Holden? And we mean any question—technical, market trends, you name it.
As you’ve no doubt discovered while perusing the pages of I-Connect007 newsletters over the past few weeks, “Just Ask Happy” turned out better than we could have imagined. PCB designers, fabricators, and assembly providers from all over the world submitted their questions. So far, Happy has answered questions regarding everything from HDI and stacked microvia reliability challenges to the flexible and rigid-flex issues, and the global PCB fabrication market of the future.
The “Just Ask Happy” series has been so popular that we’re giving readers another bite at the apple. Here’s your chance to send Happy Holden more of your questions. What’s the one question about this industry that no one has ever been able to answer to your satisfaction?
Just ask Happy! If Happy doesn’t know the answer, he’ll talk to someone who does. To submit your questions to Happy, click here.
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Andy Shaughnessy, PCB Design007
As signal speeds continue to increase and feature sizes decrease, PCB designers are beginning to pay greater attention to test and design for test (DFT) strategies. Bert Horner, president of The Test Connection in Hunt Valley, Maryland, is spearheading this drive to show designers the benefits of a solid DFT plan, as well as the downside of not having a test strategy. I met with Bert at PCB Carolina, where he was exhibiting and presenting a paper during the conference. We discussed his presentation, as well as why designers need to understand test and DFT issues, and why we need to see the PCB as one small—but very important—part of the entire system.
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Andy Shaughnessy, I-Connect007
One of the fastest-growing tabletop shows is PCB Carolina, which is held at NC State University in Raleigh. Each year, the show draws more exhibitors than the venue hall can hold, pushing some exhibitors out into the lobby. And this year, the number of registered attendees broke the 1,000 mark for the first time. At PCB Carolina, I spoke with Randy Faucette, the founder of the Research Triangle Park design bureau Better Boards, which organizes this annual tradeshow and conference, and I asked him to share the secret to this show’s expansion.
