Sometimes when you’re making a PCB that you plan on programming over USB, but you only plan on plugging in a couple of times, it would be nice to make that connection without another BOM item. Over on ...

My pal Wayne Yamaguchi told me about a connector system where the cable has little pogo pins and your PCB only needs pads on it for the pins to press against and a couple non-plated holes. The company ...

Most printed-board connectors are either a one-piece receptacle or a two-piece plug and jack. With receptacle (edge) connectors, the printed-circuit board foils extend to an edge of the board and are ...

Hardware engineers employ all kinds of design reviews and processes, including design for manufacturability and design for testability. It's time software engineers stood up and asked for what they ...

HyperTransport is becoming one of the most popular links for chip-to-chip communication. It offers a flexible interconnect architecture that is designed to reduce the number of busses within the ...