Changes in Laminates Heat Up
News | www.ipc.org | 12 hours 49 minutes ago
The lead-free movement doesn’t directly impact product developers who select laminates and produce bare circuit boards, but it’s one of the factors that’s changing the way boards are specified. Unrelated factors like the soaring price of gold are also forcing developers to re-examine the finishes
http://www.ipc.org/imaginationarticle.aspx?aid=Reliability-issues-military-boards
TT electronics combines product and application expertise for medical equipment manufacturers
News | www.electronicsworld.co.uk | 18 hours 40 minutes ago
TT electronics combines product and application expertise for medical equipment manufacturersTT electronicss component divisions - AB Mikroelektronik, BI Technologies, IRC, OPTEK Technology, Semelab, TT ims and Welwyn - deliver a comprehensive rangeof products and services for the
Labarge secures $7.3 mil agreement with Raytheon
News | www.emsnow.com | Nov 24, 2009
LaBarge, Inc. (NYSE Amex: LB) has secured a new agreement valued at $7.3 million with Raytheon Missile Systems to provide complex wiring harnesses for the TOW (tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided) weapon system.
Environment: Motorola establishes U.S. Take-Back Recycling Program for enterprise mobility solutions customers
News | www.mmh.com | Nov 23, 2009
Program makes it easier for customers to recycle and reduces environmental impact.
Fuse/Clip Assembly offers over-current protection for PCBs.
News | news.thomasnet.com | Nov 23, 2009
Littelfuse New 250V Miniature FuseClip Assembly Enables Easy Circuit Board Level Fuse Replacement, Littelfuse, Inc.
Lattice Announces First Low Cost FPGA with Serial RapidIO 2.1 Support
News | www.latticesemi.com | Nov 23, 2009
HILLSBORO, OR - NOVEMBER 23, 2009 - Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) and Praesum Communications today announced the availability of the Serial RapidIO 2.1 endpoint soft IP core for the LatticeECP3™ FPGA family. The core supports 1x, 2x and 4x lane configurations at up to 3.
http://www.latticesemi.com/corporate/newscenter/productnews/2009/r091123announcesfirstlowc.cfm
Proposals for the recast of RoHS - hot off the press! (Directive Decoder)
Blog | www.electronicsweekly.com | Nov 20, 2009
A draft proposal for the recast of the RoHS Directive has been published by the European Parliament (EP). Among the proposed changes is to include all electrical products. The approach would be to add an 11th product category to...
ROHS to cover all electrical and electronic equipment?
Blog | www.edn.com | Nov 20, 2009
Gary Nevison, director of legislation and environmental affairs at Newark and Farnell, contributes his views on the electronics supply chain and environmental compliance's most critical topics -- ROHS (all variations around the world), REACH, EUP, WEEE directives, and on whatever else comes up in
http://www.edn.com/blog/570000257/post/1540050754.html?nid=3614
U.S. RoHS bill causing controversy
Blog | www.designnews.com | Nov 20, 2009
Hi, this is Design News contributing editor, Rob Spiegel. Welcome to my Lead-Free Zone blog. This is your opportunity (and mine) to discuss RoHS and other environmental issues. Green regulations have produced waves of industry confusion, and I do not expect things to clear up quickly. So use this
Re-use of WEEE better than recycling, says charity
News | www.rapidonline.com | Nov 19, 2009
A charity which takes in unwanted computers has said that it is more environmentally-friendly to re-use the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) products than to recycle them.
