Recorded conversations and interviews on electronics design and manufacturing with the editors of PCD&F/Circuits Assembly, brought to you by the Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA)
Episodes
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tim Jensen talks about:
- Solder paste selection best practices
- Low temperature solder
- Common mistakes made when using solder paste
- Solder paste jetting / micro-dispensing
- And much more
Tim Jensen may be reached here:
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Vincent Bedat is a mechanical engineer and recent MBA graduate of the MIT Sloan School of Management, and founder of Volthub, one the finalists for the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. Bedat is from Zurich, Switzerland, where he graduated with a master’s in mechanical engineering from ETH Zurich.
He worked at the robotics startup Synapticon in Stuttgart, Germany, as a mechanical engineer and eventually project manager. There, he recognized inefficiencies in the ways data are shared and managed in hardware development, and conceived a platform to accelerate the rate of innovation by streamlining the procurement process.
His startup is called Volthub, and upon graduating from MIT in June, he has relocated to San Francisco to further develop the company. He can be reached at vbedat@volthub.io.
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Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
STI Electronics (formally Soldering Technology International) was founded by the late Industry icon Jim Raby. Soldering Technology International became STI Electronics and was operated by Jim, David, and Ellen Raby.
Jim and Dave Raby both were awarded the prestigious IPC President‘s award. This is the first and only time a father and son have won this award.
David recounts the founding of STI and the challenges along the way. David also provides valuable advice for new entrepreneurs.
David may be reached here:
draby@stiusa.com
STI Electronics website:
https://stiusa.com
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Monday Aug 02, 2021
ECD's Mark Waterman discusses thermal profiling best practices.
• Common mistakes made when using profilers
• In-use best practices
• Common applications
Mark may be reached here:
mailto:mwaterman@ecd.com
ECD's Website:
https://www.ecd.com
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Regular listeners know that PCB Chat us always eager to hear about what’s going on in the minds of the next-generation of engineers. A team of students from the Rochester Institute of Technology Center for Electronics Manufacturing and Assembly (CEMA) spent the past semester automating parts of the surface mount process: Carmela Stone, Ian Youngs, Ethan Broshar, Brad Brewster and Kyle Mellendorf. Along with Martin Anselm, director of CEMA and Duane Beck, visiting lecturer, they describe their so-called capstone project, which marries component sourcing, programming, robotics and electronics engineering.
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Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Those who read PCD&F magazine or see us online at pcdandf.com have probably come across Terry Jernberg, the face of a new column this year under the eponymously named Jernberg PI. The title hearkens back to Magnum PI, the popular detective show of the 1980s. is, of course, a play on Terry’s last name and his subject matter, power integrity. We like to think of Terry as our own investigator of noise and timing problems in the power delivery network. He speaks with Mike Buetow on this episode of PCB Chat.
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Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
The guest today is Bob Black. Since the late 1980s, Bob was selling drag soldering machines made by Zeva. While Bob has been involved in several businesses, he is perhaps best known for his work with Juki importing and selling component placement equipment. Bob has imported and sold equipment from Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and Italy. Bob shares his journey of entrepreneurship through several companies. Bob shares what he has learned working with international companies and even what he has taught his international colleagues. And, just in case anyone thinks owning your own business allows one to leisurely lounge around he talks about his years of spending 27 days a month traveling for his business. Bob may be reached here: rjblackjr1@gmail.com
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Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
The first quarter ESD Alliance design software tools sales figures are in and they are impressive! ESDA spokesperson Wally Rhines breaks down the numbers with PCB Chat host Mike Buetow, and offers optimism for why the growth may continue for awhile.
To read the press announcement about the Q1 data, click here.
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Monday Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Four manufacturer's representatives share their experience in supporting their customer's needs. They share how sales and support has changed over the years and review the "new normal".
Mike Konrad's guests are:
David Leventhal
Restronics
dleventhal@restronics.com
Joan Carrol-Kennedy
Restronics
jcarroll@restronics.com
Murray Percival Jr.
Murray Percival
mapercival@murraypercival.com
Todd Wittmer
Wittco Sales
toddwittmer@wittcosales.com
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Concept to Creation host Mike Konrad says, while I am the host of this podcast, interviewing entrepreneurs within the electronics assembly industry, several people have asked about my story of entrepreneurship. I was recently interviewed by Dr. Mike Stull from California State University San Bernardino where he is school director, professor, department chair and program director of the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship. Dr. Stull recently had me on his hot-seat program, where we discussed the founding of my company and the nearly 30-year journey since day one of my company.
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