TweakTown

Another cost-cutting PCB for GTX 260s coming

In further efforts to reduce manufacturing costs of its high-end VGA lineup, NVIDIA will soon start shipping GTX 260 graphics cards to partners with a new PCB that brings some more cost-cutting ...
Hackaday

Using 3D Printing And Copper Tape To Make PCBs

In a recent video [QWZ Labs] demonstrates an interesting technique to use 3D printing to make creating custom PCBs rather ...
Hackaday

Fail Of The Week: Motorizing A PCB Cutting Shear

This week’s fail is an attempt to retrofit a PCB cutting shear with a geared motor. The project was undertaken by [David Cook]. Incidentally he’s very near and dear to us as his book Robot Building ...
Electronic Design

6 Effective Ways to Cut PCB Assembly Cost Without Sacrificing Quality (.PDF Download)

Many engineers, especially those just starting out, ask questions like “Where can I find the cheapest PCB assembly service?” or “How can I reduce my PCB assembly cost?” To tell the truth, there’s ...
EDN

Agilent, Mentor aim to cut RF-PCB design time

Since system design have evolved to the point where digital, analog and RF are on the same PCB for wireless, handheld and telecom industries, semiconductor design and test company Agilent Technologies ...