Abstract An overview of reliability engineering is presented here to serve as an introductory piece for some, or perhaps as a refresher. Much of the discussion here is general in coverage, and may suggest topics for further investigation. The perspective here is at the electronic product or module level, which typically includes printed circuit board […]

Keith Riordan is currently PATCA’s Secretary and Vice President of Engineering at Sector Technology, a product development firm. Sector Technology’s major focus is on developing medical devices for startup companies. Most lately have included wireless capability, usually Bluetooth but also Wi-Fi and RFID. Challenges arise when multiple wireless devices must function on the same board […]

Perry West is President of Automated Vision Systems and long-time PATCA member. Automated Vision Systems specializes in machine vision, image processing and optical system design. Typical clients are OEMs and System Integrators of equipment needing machine vision or imaging technology. A recent project was for two semiconductor-processing pieces of equipment. Perry designed the imaging systems, […]