Usually when we present a project on these pages, it’s pretty cut and dried — here’s what was done, these are the technologies used, this was the result. But sometimes we run across projects that ...

Bringing manufacturing intelligence upstream can reduce costly iterations and create a more continuous path from PCB design through production. For all the advances in PCB design technology, one part ...

Everyone has their favorite process for PCB fabrication, as long as you’re a happy hacker I don’t think it really matters. But in this post I thought it might be interesting to describe my personal ...

This week kicks off a five-session complimentary webinar series featuring experienced engineers from DesignCon’s conference program, including experts from Keysight Technologies, Intel, Picotest, NXP, ...

There’s a growing trend, fed by everything from IP concerns to Suez Canal traffic jams, to bring manufacturing back to North America. This is more than just a commercial idea: The U.S.’s lack of ...

Your 3D printer can etch circuits now. Copper tape does the rest.

There is no one best fab house. It depends what you need and the kind of boards you are making. For a one-off hobby or test project, maybe OSH Park is best. For high-tech boards, Sierra Proto Express ...

Vítor Barbosa based in Brazil has modified a Lexmark E460dn laserjet printer to aid with the fabrication of PCBs. The aptly named “haxmark460” was inspired by other projects on the Instructables ...

That’s according to the 2026 PCD&F Salary Survey, which found many respondents earning salaries well into six figures. A ...

Created three years ago, New York City-based startup BotFactory finalized and ramped up its production of a desktop multilayer PCB printer back in 2014, during a successful crowdfunding campaign on ...