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
Sunday Feb 25, 2018
Sunday Feb 25, 2018
Randall Sherman is perhaps the leading analyst for the electronics manufacturing services and ODM markets. The founder of New Venture Research, he specializes in market and technology studies. He has a master’s in electrical engineering and an MBA, and his experience ranges from network design engineer to product market research, due diligence and business development-related services. He discusses how EMS companies are leading innovation by building intelligence into production systems.
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Mike Buetow discusses the sale of Isola and pending sale of Park Electrochemical and what they could mean for the North American supply chain.
Wednesday Jan 24, 2018
Wednesday Jan 24, 2018
Mark Hepburn is director of product management at Cadence. He has spent more than 20 years in engineering and technical marketing and sales in EDA, with Innoveda, Mentor, and most recently Perception Software.
He joins Mike Buetow to discuss Allegro Pulse, a new web-based collaboration platform from Cadence.
Sunday Jan 14, 2018
Sunday Jan 14, 2018
Wally Rhines is president and chief executive of Mentor, which he has headed Mentor since 1993. Prior to that, he spent 21 years at Texas Instruments, ultimately as executive vice president of its Semiconductor Group. He has served on the boards of Cirrus Logic, TriQuint Semiconductor, Global Logic, among others, and spent 10 years as chairman of the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (now the ESS Alliance). He speaks with PCB Chat host Mike Buetow about the ESD Alliance's latest EDA market report.
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
From the floors of the Messe International Fairgrounds in Munich, home to Productronica, Mike Buetow reports on the biennial trade show and the latest equipment for inspecting electronics assemblies. And it is everywhere: There are more than 40 companies offering surface inspection, 28 showing AOI, and another 20 with x-ray machines.
Wednesday Nov 01, 2017
Wednesday Nov 01, 2017
For some 50 years, Rick Hartley has been an engineer and designer of printed circuit boards, primarily with BF Goodrich and L3 Avionics. He is now principal of RHartley Enterprises, where he consults with leading companies to resolve noise, signal integrity and EMI problems. Perhaps the most popular speaker in the history of PCB West, Rick recently has been conducting 2-day workshops on controlling signal noise. He talks EMI ("it's about fields") and his advice for designers with UPMG's Mike Buetow.
Monday Oct 23, 2017
Monday Oct 23, 2017
Joe Fama is an expert in electronics manufacturing services with more than 30 years helping OEMs and EMS companies, particularly in southeast Asia. Joe specializes in taking relatively unknown electronics companies and linking them with key OEMs. His career has taken him to Singapore, Malaysia, China, Mexico and the Philippines. He also writes an occasional column. He talks with Mike Buetow about setting up three-way program among a Western OEM and NPI EMS and a Southeast Asian volume EMS that can generate a recurring revenue stream for the US-based EMS.
Wednesday Oct 11, 2017
Wednesday Oct 11, 2017
In the premiere episode of PCB Chat, host Mike Buetow speaks with Mike Konrad of Aqueous Technologies about his experience with what happens when a contract manufacturer follows its customer’s instructions to the detriment of the product. The outcome: Product failures, blame, drama, and a really big lawsuit.