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Initial Screen Print Test Board
Is it recommended to print one cycle before printing the first production board? I could use a scrap board or blank plastic card for the first print.
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Richard D. Stadem
Advanced Engineer/Scientist, General Dynamics

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Engineering and Operations Management, Independent Consultant

Fritz Byle
Process Engineer, Astronautics

Neil Poole
Senior Applications Chemist, Henkel Electronics

Kishan Sarjoo
Process Engineering Manager - Electronics, Altech UEC, South Africa

Tony Lentz
Field Applications, FCT Assembly

Bill Coleman
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Leo Lambert
Vice President, Technical Director, EPTAC Corporation

Edithel Marietti
Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Northrop Grumman

Kay Parker
Technical Support Engineer, Indium Corporation

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Print These Electronic Circuits Directly Onto Skin

New circuits can get printed directly on human skin to help monitor vital signs, a new study finds. Wearable electronics are growing increasingly more comfortable and more powerful. A next step for such devices might include electronics printed directly onto the skin to better monitor and interface with the human body. Scientists wanted a way to sinter--that is, use heat to fuse--metal nanoparticles ...
IEEE Spectrum

Compal increasingly asked to diversify production bases
Compal Electronics has been increasingly requested by its clients to diversify manufacturing bases beyond China, particularly for smart devices, according to a company ...
Digitimes

Intel's margins tumble as customers shift to cheaper chips, shares slide 10%
Intel Corp reported that margins tumbled in the latest quarter as consumers bought cheaper laptops and pandemic-stricken businesses and governments clamped ...
Reuters

From Foldable Phones to Stretchy Screens
Motorola demonstrated the very first handheld mobile phone almost a half century ago. It was the size of a brick and weighed half as much. That prototype spawned ...
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6 Considerations for Integrating Sensors in Vehicles
There may never be one, single, most-effective way to implement sensing technology for assisted driving systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicles (AV). The magic ...
EE Times

Bill Gates Says Unhappy Customers Are Good for Your Business. Here's Why.
A while back, I was using software that drove me crazy. I was so happy to stop being a customer that I secretly did a little dance in my head. I had become their customer ...
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iPhone 12 review: Upgrade for the camera, not 5G
Deciding whether -- or when -- to upgrade your smartphone is hard. Besides some attempts at swanky foldable phones, the look of smartphones hasn't changed ...
CNN

Apple's shifting supply chain creates boomtowns in rural Vietnam
Not long ago Vietnam's Bac Giang province was one of the nation's poorest regions, known for producing rice, lychees and poultry dubbed "running chicken." That was ...
American Journal of Transportation

The Building Blocks of an AI Strategy
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How product change notices impact profit margin in contract EMS manufacturing programs
Electronics OEM manufacturers rely on timely and accurate info to target lower product costs and optimize supply chain cash conversion. Contract manufacturers are ...
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NASA shares images of asteroid sample collection process 200 million miles from Earth
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Impact of Substrate on Materials Reliability of High Power LED Assemblies
What role does the substrate type play in the LED package-to-board assembly reliability? This paper presents a study to help answer this question.
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Test Your Knowledge Answer

What is an Aldis Lamp used for?
Answer: Signaling (Morse code). Named after Arthur Cyril Webb Aldis who invented a widely used design, or a Morse lamp.