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PEACHTREE CITY, GA – NOVEMBER 21, 2024 – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) today issued a call for abstracts for the PCB West 2025 technical conference. The conference, the largest of its kind in Silicon Valley, focuses on training and best practices for printed circuit board designers and design engineers, electronics hardware engineers, fabricators and assemblers.
The four-day technical conference will take place September 30 – October 3 at the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center. The event includes a one-day exhibition on October 1.
Papers and presentations of the following durations are sought for the technical conference: one-hour lectures and presentations; two-hour workshops; and half-day (3.5-hour) and full-day seminars.
Preference is given to presentations of two hours in length or more, and no presentations of less than one hour will be considered.
Abstracts of 150-750 words and speaker biographies should be submitted to PCEA. Papers and presentations must be noncommercial in nature and should focus on technology, techniques or methodologies related to printed circuit board design, fabrication, assembly, test, components or packaging, and additive manufacturing.
Submit abstracts at pcbwest.com by January 24, 2025. No emailed abstracts will be accepted. Submitters will be notified by early April if their abstract has been accepted. Presentations are due September 5, 2025.
Speaker Benefits: Presenters of accepted abstract(s) for the 2025 program receive the following event benefits.
For more information about PCB West, visit pcbwest.com or contact Conference Director Mike Buetow at 617-327-4702; mike@pcea.net.
PEACHTREE CITY, GA – NOVEMBER 20, 2024 – PCEA Training today announced the upcoming winter and spring 2025 schedule for the Certified Professional Circuit Designer (CPCD) training and certification program.
The instructor-led classes cover the gamut of printed circuit design engineering, from layout, place and route to specifications and materials to manufacturing methods. Schematic capture, signal integrity and EMI/EMC are also part of the comprehensive program.
Classes will be held on the dates below:
Each class is 40 hours long and includes a copy of Printed Circuit Engineering Professional, a 400-page handbook on circuit board design, and the optional certification exam.
The deadline to register for the January class is Jan. 3, February class deadline is Feb. 3, and May class deadline is April 11.
There are no prerequisite requirements to enroll. Upcoming classes will be held online. All courses are led by experienced instructors.
The course handbook, Printed Circuit Engineering Professional, was authored by Michael Creeden, Stephen Chavez, Rick Hartley, Susy Webb and Gary Ferrari, industry veterans who combined have more than 200 years’ experience designing and building PCBs for all types of applications.
The course includes an optional certification exam recognized by the Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA).
For information about the course overview, class format, and materials to prepare in advance for the class, visit pceatraining.net/course-overview.
For information about the instructors of the course and authors of the course material, visit pceatraining.net/instructors-authors.
To enroll, visit pceatraining.net/registration for the next available class or email pceatraining@pcea.net for additional information.
PEACHTREE CITY, GA – NOVEMBER 19, 2024 – Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) today opened registration for the 2025 New Product Introduction (NPI) Awards for electronics assembly equipment, materials and software suppliers. The deadline for submissions for the annual awards is Jan. 3, 2025.
Colloquially referred to as the Engineer’s Choice Awards – a nod to the background and independence of the judges – the 18th annual NPI Awards recognize the leading new products for electronics assembly during the past 12 months. Recipients are selected by an independent panel of practicing industry engineers and are presented by CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY.
The 2024 winners included AIM Solder, Anda Technologies, Arch, ASYS Group, Brooks Automation, BTU International, CalcuQuote, Cetec ERP, Hanwha Techwin Automation Americas, Henkel, Indium, ITW EAE, Juki Automation Systems, Kurtz Ersa, Kyzen, Pemtron, PVA, StenTech, Tagarno, Vayo, ViTrox, and Weller Tools.
How It Works
Entrants must submit a single registration form for each product and category entered. All entries must include a 250- to 1,000-word statement describing the product in the following terms:
Creativity and innovation
Compatibility with existing technology
Cost-effectiveness
Design
Expected reliability
Flexibility
Expected maintainability/reparability
Performance
User-friendliness
Speed/throughput.
Evaluations will be based on the above list.
The entry fee is $500 per product. The deadline for entries is Jan. 3, 2025.
To be eligible, entries must have been introduced to the market (any region) no earlier than Jan. 1, 2024.
Categories
Equipment: automation tools (conveyors, feeders, etc.); bonders; cleaning equipment; component placement – high-speed; component placement – multifunction; component placement – accessory technologies; component storage; device programming; dispensing equipment; labeling equipment; process control tools; rework and repair tools; screen/stencil printing; screen/stencil printing peripherals/consumables; soldering – reflow (convection); soldering – wave; soldering – selective; selective soldering tools and accessories; soldering – alternative (vapor phase, hot bar, laser, etc.); soldering – hand tools; test and inspection – AOI; test and inspection – AXI; test and inspection – ICT; test and inspection – SPI; test and inspection – functional test; first article inspection; curing ovens (for non-solder materials); ESD
Materials: adhesives; cleaning materials; coatings/encapsulants; underfills; thermal interface materials; flux; soldering materials (paste, bar, wire, core, etc.); cored wire
Software: process control; production; management (ERP, MRP, etc.)
Training Materials
Process Innovation (Open to electronics manufacturing services companies only)
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The Printed Circuit Engineering Association® (PCEA) is an international network of engineers, designers, fabricators, assemblers, and anyone related to printed circuit development. Our mission is to promote printed circuit engineering as a profession by encouraging and facilitating the exchange of information and the integration of new design concepts through education, certification, communications, seminars, and workshops. This is facilitated by a network of local, regional, virtual PCEA-affiliated chapters and the support of our sponsors.
