Designer adaptation in the changing PCB industry

摘要

The printed circuit board (PCB) industry, like almost all in the technology sector, has experienced extraordinary growth and change since its inception in the early 20th century. Changes in component packaging; increased demand for smaller, lower power devices; and ongoing advancements in the production methods of printed circuit boards have resulted in great advances in our everyday experience as users of electronic devices, along with far greater accessibility to technology and other services. One of the costs of such advancement is the need for those who design electronic devices and the PCBs they're mounted on to constantly adapt to change, to learn new skills, to develop new ways of designing, and to embrace new tools along the way at a breakneck pace. Those unwilling or unable to make the necessary adaptations, as Darwin would put it, go the way of the dodo.