Tag: PCB

Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have created A new kind of PCB what they are calling a “Vitrimers PCB” or vPCB for short. The unique characteristic of this PCB is that it's made to be recycled. In the lab, scientists manufactured functional prototypes of Internet...

So you've just finished designing your new PCB, completed all ERC and DRC checks, and sent the files off to the manufacturer. Now, you're eagerly awaiting the arrival of your new PCBs. If you're like me, once you've generated your Gerber files, you head to an online Gerber viewer site...

Eiger Design has recently introduced EPickNPlace, an open-source software designed to improve manual pick and place operations in PCB assembly. Compatible with Windows 10 and 11, it's freely available under the GNU General Public License. This open-source software tool was originally...

HQ NextPCB is proud to announce the release of HQDFM Online Gerber Viewer and DFM Analysis Tool, free for everyone. With HQDFM, NextPCB hopes to empower designers with the DFM tools and knowledge to perfect their designs as early as possible, where problems are the least costly. The...

Exciting Announcement!!! A Brand New Free Functional Testing launched! With the aim to guarantee superior product quality and enhance customer satisfaction, Seeed Fusion introduced Free Functional Testing Plan two years ago, which garnered tremendous positive responses. Today, we are...

In today's world of Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLM), it was only a matter of time before someone came up with the idea of incorporating generative AI into a PCB design tool. That is precisely what the team at flux.ai has accomplished. After securing $15M in seed funding,...

The KiCad Conference will be held in person on September 9-10, 2023 at Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de A Coruña (Palexco). KiCad is a free and open-source software suite for the design, simulation, and fabrication of electronic circuits.  It is available worldwide for use on...

Engineers can now design faster with ready-to-use symbols and footprints for Nicomatic’s micro connectors Nicomatic, an international interconnect solutions provider, and SnapEDA, the first search engine for electronic design, are releasing computer-aided design (CAD) models for over...