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Wednesday, April 27th, 2011Part I of our series on castings can be found here. Part II of our series will be postedsoon, but if you are interested in exploring die casting further, I want to recommend the excellent website of the North American Die Casting Association (NADCA). This helpful resource not only provides a good introduction to the [...]
The On-Site CAD Guy
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011For decades companies have outsourced their printed circuit board (PCB) layout to contract design firms, also known as service bureaus. The Austin, TX area has many excellent design firms offering layout services on a variety of CAD tools like Cadence Allegro, Mentor Board Station, PCB Pads, Altium, etc. A friend of mine, Cliff Rose, has [...]
iPhones & the US China Trade Deficit
Thursday, December 16th, 2010This article is cross-posted in the Baselodge blog: http://baselodge.com/blog/2010/12/iphones-the-us-china-trade-deficit/ Apple’s wildly successful iPhone line is a bright shining testimony to American design and engineering. Can it really be that such a great American product is actually adding to the United States’ trade deficit with China? Given the current way trade deficits and surpluses are calculated, [...]
Online Design Help for Enclosures and Front Panels
Friday, June 4th, 2010XTech‘s online store just got a lot better. Customers can now access a wide array of design resources like drawings and 3D models. In addition, the number of products available for purchase in the online store has increased dramatically. Do you need an extruded enclosure? A standard front panel? A filler panel? No problem. The [...]
The Reliability Cycle: Understanding the Booms and Busts of Reliability in Electronics
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009The following article was written by my colleague Craig Hillman, CEO of DfR Solutions. The Cycle of Reliability The Past Those who interact closely with DfR realize that we proscribe to the theory of the ‘reliability cycle’. The early years of electronics, 1950’s and 1960’s, were disasters for reliability and led to the establishment of [...]
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