Scott Miller Interviewed by PCB007 – Taking Care of Customers & Staff

Andy Shaughnessy speaks with Scott Miller, COO of Freedom CAD Services, who shares an update on the company’s current level of business operations under COVID-19 restrictions. Miller explains that Freedom CAD remains fully operational during the COVID-19 quarantine. Staff members have been telecommuting for years, so the company’s day-to-day operations are relatively unchanged. He also… Read More »

Looking for Contract CAD Services and PCB Design Consultants?

Freedom CAD Conference Room

Do you want a second set of eyes on your CAD or PCB project? If you work on a small internal engineering team or your schedule is overloaded with projects nearing their deadlines, adequately reviewing your projects can be challenging. Instead of slowing down your production or sending your designs to fabrication and assembly before… Read More »

How to Implement DDR4

DDR4 succeeded DDR3 as the next generation of synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) software. DDR4 offers several improvements over its predecessor, including faster download speed, higher DIMM capacities, enhanced data integrity and power efficiency, and overall improved performance. Compared with DDR3, the DDR4 PCB design consists of several physical changes. First, DDR4 has 288 pins as opposed… Read More »

Four Technical Issues to Avoid in PCB Design

Dark Blue PCB

When the necessary precautions are ignored, printed circuit board hardware design and manufacturing processes are prone to fail. Design oversights such as inaccurate measurements and insufficient clearances can lead to printed circuit board (PCB) problems that impact final product performance. Catastrophic failures may result from over-etching and errors in drilling, as well as quality concerns… Read More »

Why You Should Outsource Your PCB Hardware Design

Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are an integral part nearly every electronic device you see or use today. Though some may be small in size, they can be highly complex in design and packed with power.  Creating your PCB design in-house allows for greater control over the project, but it comes with several drawbacks, particularly if… Read More »

Why Use High Density Interconnect?

One of the fastest growing technologies in printed circuit board (PCB) design is high density interconnect (HDI). HDI boards allow for higher circuitry density than traditional circuit boards due to a more concentrated arrangement of smaller components, creating more concise pathways. Blind and/or buried vias are commonly used to optimize space in HDI boards, and… Read More »

Through Hole vs Surface Mount: Which Should You Use?

Nearly every modern electronic device contains at least one printed circuit board (PCB)—a piece of material, such as plastic or resin board, onto which is printed or deposited tracks of conductive soldering material to connect various electronic components such as resistors, integrated circuits, capacitors, transformers, and so on. After all the components have been attached… Read More »

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT – IPC Designers Council “Lunch ‘n Learn” event on 6/28 in Irvine, CA

Date:         Thursday June 28th, 2018 Time:        11:30 am – 1:30 pm Where:      Harvard Athletic Park multi-purpose room – Irvine 1st Topic: Addressing the challenges of multi board design – Taking the “big picture” approach to system design. Speaker: Chris Carlson, CID, Senior Field Applications Engineer at Altium Topic: As technology becomes more complex and… Read More »