The Secret of Doing Fewer PCB Respins – Unveiled!
I come across a fair bit of industry research and I read it all. Unfortunately retrieving the information from my brain can be a bit problematic because my brain doesn’t think or store information in a linear fashion. So from time to time I find myself skimming the reports again just to remind myself of the information. These sessions are usually littered with my yelps of “that’s right” and “oh that’s … Read More
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When a person describes their ideal design software, or any software for that matter, Ease-of-Use is always on the list of desirable attributes. It makes sense that in order to be productive with the software in the shortest amount of time the software must be easy to use. All of the CAD and CFD tools I work with strive to achieve this goal (except for one which I won’t name and it isn’t one of our … 
Hmmm…
If you’re guessing it’s a chip package, you’re right – got it in one. Well done!
OK, so what type of package is it?
If you’re thinking it’s a silly question as you don’t know anything about the package, other than I’ve told you its black - that was a hint that it’s an encapsulated plastic part by the way - you’d be right.
You’d need me to tell you if it had leads, and if so on how many sides … 
The penultimate issue in this series of ‘reasons why an electronics cooling model can be wrong, but hey it’s fine as it will never be perfect but if you take some precautions it will always be useful, Parts 1, 2, 3 ….4, 5′ (Ian Dury, you have nothing to fear) focusses on the representation of PCBs (or PWBs if you are so inclined). Devilishly complex in their construction, deceptively simple in their …