Electronics design guides & articles
Long-form answers from the bench: the questions clients bring us, written up by the engineers who field them.
Explainer
What Is HDI PCB Design? Microvias, Stack-Ups, and When Density Pays
High-density interconnect (HDI) boards use microvias and buildup layers to route what conventional PCBs cannot. How the technology works, the IPC-2226 structures, and when a design genuinely needs it.
6 min read
Guide
Managing Component Obsolescence Before It Manages You
Electronic parts get discontinued on the vendor's schedule, not yours. How to build an obsolescence practice: monitoring, risk scoring, design-time prevention, and the broker trap.
6 min read
Explainer
Is PCB Reverse Engineering Legal? The Long Answer
US courts have treated reverse engineering as legitimate for decades — with real boundaries around patents, copyright, contracts, and the DMCA. An engineering-side tour of where the lines actually sit.
7 min read
Guide
How to Bring an Electronic Product to Market
A founder-facing guide to the nine stages between an idea and a shipping electronic product — what happens in each, what it produces, and where projects usually go wrong.
8 min read