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A printed circuit board, or PCB, is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, or traces, etched from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate. Alternative names are printed wiring board (PWB),and etched wiring board. A PCB populated with electronic components is a printed circuit assembly (PCA), also known as a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA).

PCBs are rugged, inexpensive, and can be highly reliable. They require much more layout effort and higher initial cost than either wire-wrapped or point-to-point constructed circuits, but are much cheaper and faster for high-volume production. Much of the electronics industry's PCB design, assembly, and quality control needs are set by standards that are published by the IPC organization.

Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printed_circuit_board)

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    • A printed circuit board, or PCB, is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, or traces, etched from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate. Alternative names are printed wiring board (PWB),and etched wiring board. A PCB populated with electronic components is a printed circuit assembly (PCA), also known as a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA).

      PCBs are rugged, inexpensive, and can be highly reliable. They require much more layout effort and higher initial cost than either wire-wrapped or point-to-point constructed circuits, but are much cheaper and faster for high-volume production. Much of the electronics industry's PCB design, assembly, and quality control needs are set by standards that are published by the IPC organization.

      Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printed_circuit_board)

      (Note: The Electronic Engineers Toolbox provides an alternative set of featured links for this word at http://www.cera2.com/pcb.htm)

      Featured Links:

      CircuitSpace v3.0 - New Release Supports Complex Hierarchical Design for Printed Circuit Boards

      DesignAdvance® Systems, Inc., a leading developer of intelligent EDA solutions for PCB design, announces CircuitSpace® v3.0. The new release adds major functionality to CircuitSpace that allows the user to design and preserve physical hierarchy throughout the layout and component placement process. As designs increase in complexity, utilizing hierarchy has long been the preferred methodology for Integrated Circuits, IC packaging, schematic...
      http://www.designadvance.com

      Introducing CADSTAR 11, Zuken’s PCB design revolution

      Munich Germany and Westford MA, USA. The latest version of Zuken’s desktop PCB design solution CADSTAR 11 harmonizes the design process to deliver greater technology integration than ever before. Always responsive to user demands the Zuken development team has delivered a suite of time saving benefits to make CADSTAR 11 the most accessible design solution available. Even more importantly, CADSTAR 11 integrates Zuken’s goal of future
      http://www.zuken.com/news/2008/0811-cadstar-r11.aspx

      PCB Design Conference

      PCB Design Conferences is devoted exclusively to PCB design issues. Topics include: High Speed * EMC * PCB Design Techniques * Design For Manufacture * Design Engineering * Data Transfer * PCB Materials * Manufacturing Technology * Packaging Technology * Career Development * PCB Routers * 2D Field Solvers * New PCB Materials High Speed Design For Manufacture.
      http://www.pcbshows.com/

      Altium Demo Center - Altium Designer EDA Demo

      Altium Designer provides electronic designers and engineers with a single,unified application that incorporates all the technologies and capabilities necessary for complete electronic product development. Altium Designer integrates board- and FPGA-level system design, embedded software development, and PCB layout, editing and manufacturing within a single design environment. Altium's DEMOcenter now gives you the opportunity to walk...
      http://www.altium.com/Evaluate/DEMOcenter/

      DownStream Technologies Announces BluePrint for PCBs® Version 2.0

      DownStream Technologies, LLC today announced BluePrint for PCBs® Version 2.0, the latest release of its’ comprehensive documentation authoring tool. BluePrint 2.0 helps designers simplify and automate the creation of the documentation that drives the PCB fabrication, assembly and inspection processes. This release also completes a strategic milestone in DownStream’s product development lifecycle as BluePrint now integrates with DownStream’s...
      http://www.downstreamtech.com/Company/2008/BluePrint-2.html

      DesignCon

      DesignCon is the premier solutions-based Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and Semiconductor industry event held annually in Silicon Valley. The event features over 80 technical sessions covering hot product case studies, design methodologies and new product technologies. The technical exhibition consists of over 130 leading EDA tool providers, semiconductor manufacturers, system design houses and IP Providers.
      http://www.designcon.com/

      New 3D PCB design performance benchmarks from Altium Fast 3D PCB design graphics

      Altium has published a set of benchmarks for 3D PCB design performance using Altium Designer, its next generation electronics design solution. Altium is a pioneer of real-time, 3D PCB design environments, with the introduction of 3D board layouts, real-time 3D ECAD-MCAD collaboration, and now (with the launch of the winter 09 release of Altium Designer) enhanced performance in the PCB design engine. The latest winter 09 release uses...
      http://www.altium.com

      Kozio Supports Freescale's Enhanced Power Architecture™ Microcontrollers

      Kozio®, Inc. (www.kozio.com), the market leader in at-speed hardware functional test for board designs based on Freescale's Power Architecture™ microcontrollers, today announced support of kDiagnostics embedded test application and kPOST power-on self-test embedded application for Freescale's MPC55xx 32-bit microcontrollers for advanced automotive and industrial systems. The kDiagnostics® embedded test application, ValidationAssistant™,...
      http://www.kozio.com

      Project: Printed Circuit Board Layout Tool

      PCB is a tool for the layout of printed circuit boards. PCB can produce industry standard RS-274-X and Excellon NC-Drill format output for submission to board manufacturers.
      http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcb

      Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture

      PCD and M will provide an unmatched circulation reach and comprehensive editorial content to professionals in the design and fabrication markets. This is a flagship magazine if you are in the PCB industry.
      http://pcdandm.com/cms/

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