Eliminating PCB Performance Pitfalls Prior to Fabrication

By John McMillan

Getting your newest PCB design back from fabrication is always exciting for an engineer. We are anxious to get the bareboard stuffed and powered up. Prior to powering up we inspect the components and probe the planes and critical connections of interest for shorts. So, what could go wrong? Well, the answer is it depends.

According to the Electronic Design’s 2016 Annual Salary & Career Report the top concerns that keep engineers up at night are not related to job security, outsourcing or their company’s financial health. The respondents top concerns were instead:

Staying current with new and emerging technologies
Looming deadlines
Product reliability
Product quality issues

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