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Infineon Serves Up GaN 40 V Switches Aimed at Portable Power Designs

Infineon Serves Up GaN 40 V Switches Aimed at Portable Power Designs

Two new CoolGaN BDS additions replace back-to-back silicon MOSFET pairs with chip-scale packages.


News Jun 09, 2026 by Jake Hertz
At Embedded World, Renesas 365 Advances to General Availability Phase

At Embedded World, Renesas 365 Advances to General Availability Phase

The Renesas 365 Development platform unifies electronics design from MCU recommendation to validation.


News Mar 20, 2026 by Duane Benson
Pickering Unwraps Free Toolset to Streamline ATE Signal Path Workflow

Pickering Unwraps Free Toolset to Streamline ATE Signal Path Workflow

Announced today, the free cloud-based toolset replaces spreadsheets with graphical signal path design for automated test engineers.


News Mar 05, 2026 by Luke James
Join the All About PCBs Virtual Summit, October 1st

Join the All About PCBs Virtual Summit, October 1st

Welcome to the first All About Circuits Summit Day of 2025! This guide will introduce the features of our first Wednesday schedule and help you plan your month-long participation.


News Sep 30, 2025 by Dale Wilson
SiTime Enters Resonator Market With Tiny MEMS-Based Devices

SiTime Enters Resonator Market With Tiny MEMS-Based Devices

Announced today, SiTime is expanding into a $4 billion resonator market with its Titan platform.


News Sep 17, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Stamp Turns Messy Breadboards Into Swappable PCB Blocks

Stamp Turns Messy Breadboards Into Swappable PCB Blocks

Kickstarter project Stamp aims to eliminate crowded breadboards using universal modular breakout PCBs.


News Sep 15, 2025 by Kristijan Nelkovski
OKI Reaches New Heights With a 124-Layer PCB

OKI Reaches New Heights With a 124-Layer PCB

The 124-layer printed circuit board surpasses the longstanding 108-layer industry ceiling without increasing the standard board thickness of 7.6 mm.


News May 09, 2025 by Luke James
Flux Upgrade Graduates AI Assistant to AI Circuit Co-Designer

Flux Upgrade Graduates AI Assistant to AI Circuit Co-Designer

I gave Copilot's latest upgrade a trial run to see if artificial intelligence could take a circuit from idea to PCB layout. Here's what I found.


News Mar 06, 2025 by Duane Benson
2024’s Top Technical Articles and More

2024’s Top Technical Articles and More

As 2024 comes to an end, we look back on the year's most popular technical articles, industry articles, and projects.


News Dec 30, 2024 by Abby Garfinkle
Electronica 2024 Was Jammed Packed With Exciting Technologies and Products

Electronica 2024 Was Jammed Packed With Exciting Technologies and Products

Enjoy this selection of fascinating technology news from the recent Electronica 2024 trade show in Munich, Germany.


News Nov 28, 2024 by Jeff Child
Advanced PCB Manufacturing, Assembly, and More—a PCBWay Company Profile

Advanced PCB Manufacturing, Assembly, and More—a PCBWay Company Profile

In this article, we explore the PCB services, intelligent production process, quality strategies, and more offered by PCBWay.


News Oct 30, 2024 by Jeff Child
High-Power PCB Relay Keeps EV Charging Cool

High-Power PCB Relay Keeps EV Charging Cool

Omron’s 4-pole relay fits on a PCB to reduce the heat generated in three-phase power electric vehicle wallboxes during high-power charging.


News Sep 05, 2024 by Liam Critchley
Special Feature: Connectors Eye High Density and Performance

Special Feature: Connectors Eye High Density and Performance

To meet demands for higher densities, faster performance, and compliance to open standards, connector manufacturers are racing to keep pace.


News Mar 31, 2024 by Jeff Child
Can There Be Any Doubt? In Our Industry, 2023 Was ‘The Year of AI’

Can There Be Any Doubt? In Our Industry, 2023 Was ‘The Year of AI’

While the rest of the world spent 2023 playing with ChatGPT, the electronics industry put AI into everything from processors to edge IoT chips to EDA tools.


News Dec 27, 2023 by Jeff Child
Flux Upgrades Its Copilot Tool Adding Multi-Modal AI Features

Flux Upgrades Its Copilot Tool Adding Multi-Modal AI Features

Released today, the upgrade brings improvements—including image capability—in Flux AI Chatbot giving designers a smarter virtual “engineering partner” to help with electronics PCB designs


News Dec 21, 2023 by Duane Benson
I’m Thankful for These 6 EE Online Resources on All About Circuits

I’m Thankful for These 6 EE Online Resources on All About Circuits

On Thanksgiving today, Jeff reflects on how electronics technology enables all our amazing devices, and shares six useful All About Circuits online resources to be thankful for.


News Nov 23, 2023 by Jeff Child
Your 2023 Back-to-School Guide to All About Circuits’ Educational Resources

Your 2023 Back-to-School Guide to All About Circuits’ Educational Resources

Whether you are just starting your first year as an engineering student, working on a second or third degree, or simply want to brush up on key topics, All About Circuits has the resources you need: awesome textbooks, technical articles, calculators, and more for your EE studies.


News Oct 11, 2023 by Jeff Child
Flux Adds Automatic Impedance Control For Simplifying High-Speed Design

Flux Adds Automatic Impedance Control For Simplifying High-Speed Design

The company’s new automated impedance control feature aims to make high-speed design accessible for engineers of all levels.


News May 25, 2023 by Jeff Child
Flux Adds AI Design Assistant to Its Browser-based PCB Design Tool

Flux Adds AI Design Assistant to Its Browser-based PCB Design Tool

Flux is launching an integrated AI-powered “chatbot-like” design assistant that’s integrated into its web-based online PCB design tool.


News Apr 27, 2023 by Jeff Child
Cadence Launches Cloud AI Tool to Shrink PCB Placement and Routing Times

Cadence Launches Cloud AI Tool to Shrink PCB Placement and Routing Times

The company has rolled out its Allegro X AI technology, designed to automate PCB placement and routing—claiming to enable 10x shorter turnaround times.


News Apr 07, 2023 by Jeff Child