If you have ever spent hours debugging a prototype only to find out that your tiny 0201 resistors are standing straight up like little tombstones, you know the pain. Surface Mount Technology (SMT) is amazing, but it is unforgiving. Optimizing pad d...

Every assembled circuit board carries the risk of manufacturing defects. Some defects are obvious, like a component completely missing from its footprint. Others are subtle, like a hairline crack in a solder joint that might pass initial testing on...