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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)

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      Featured Links:

      CircuitPlan - New Concept Level Planning Tool Advances Collaboration Between Hardware, PCB

      DesignAdvance® Systems, Inc., a leading developer of intelligent EDA solutions for PCB design, announces CircuitPlan™, an advanced concept level planning tool for the hardware engineer. CircuitPlan provides the industry’s first solution that offers true planning, feasibility and design collaboration from concept level planning through physical design and test. As a concept level planning tool, CircuitPlan supports full logical...
      http://designadvance.com

      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.
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      Cadence Introduces Innovative FPGA-PCB Co-Design Solution

      Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global electronic design innovation, today introduced an innovative, scalable co-design solution for designing FPGAs onto PCB systems. The Cadence® OrCAD® and Allegro® FPGA System Planner shortens time to design-in today’s complex FPGAs—those with large pin counts and elaborate banking and pin assignment rules—while reducing risk by delivering an automated placement-aware FPGA pin...
      http://www.cadence.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/

      Printed Circuit Design and Fab Buyers Guide 2008

      If you are in the PCB market, this is an excellent reference to all the suppliers in the ecosystem. Searchable.
      http://www.pcdandf.com/bg/

      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/

      IPC Printed Circuits Expo

      Come to the industry’s own event - a celebration of printed circuit board and electronics manufacturing and test technology. Find the technology you need, meet new suppliers, network with industry experts, learn from new research papers and return to your company with the solutions you need. It’s Your Show! Designed by and for the industry, it’s the one place to get the answers you need for 2007 and beyond. Please take some time to view...
      http://www.goipcshows.org/

      Free White Paper: Platform Economics - Charting a Cost-Effective Course

      This new White Paper explores how understanding the True Cost of Ownership in selecting the right embedded architecture can improve your bottom line results for your next project. In today's tight economy, it's more important than ever to reduce development expenses, shorten time-to-market schedules and get the most “reuse” as possible out of your R&D projects. Having a common platform architecture usable across multiple applications will reduce burdens over the entire lifecycle of your end products. This translates into real dollars saved and improved efficiencies over the long haul.
      http://go.pt.com/eg3

      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

      Mentor Graphics Delivers PADS 9.0 Flow Release Featuring the World’s Most Advanced…

      Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) the worldwide technology and market share leader in Printed Circuit Board design (PCB) solutions, today announced the availability of the next-generation PADS® flow with the introduction of PADS 9.0. This significantly-enhanced release of the PADS flow adds new levels of functionality, scalability and integration, enabling designers to leverage many of Mentor’s unique and innovative technologies...
      http://www.mentor.com/company/news/pads-9-flow-release

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