The goal of the PCB Design Conferences is to provide you with the information you need to perform your job better. Following are useful links to industry news, resources, associations, and design related conferences:
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Industry News and Information:
PCDMAG -- The online presence of Printed Circuit Design, including news, product reviews, Buyer's Guides and much, much more.
PCFAB -- The industry resource for printed circuit fabrication and manufacturing issues.
Resouces/Buyer's Guides:
PCDMAG Buyer's Guide -- Printed Circuit Design's online buyer's guide.
DACafe -- Resources for design automation.
EDA Index -- Find information on CAD and engineering tools.
EverythingPCB -- A PCB industry directory, product, service [and] resource guide.
NCCE -- National Center for Computational Electronics.
NSTB -- National Science and Technology Board.
OMMI -- Office of Microelectronics, Medical and Instrumentation.
PCB Quote -- Free multiple quotes for PCB layout, fabrication and assembly.
SRC -- Semiconductor Research Corporation.
Associations:
IPC Designer's Council - The Inteconnection and Packaging Society's Deisgner's Council promotes the exchange of information between circuit board designers.
ANSI -- The American National Standards Institute.
CEMA -- Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association.
EDAC -- An international association of companies who provide EDA tools to the electronics engineering community.
EIA -- Electronic Industries Association.
IEEE -- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
IPC -- The Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits.
SEMI -- Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International.
SIA -- Semiconductor Industry Association.
SMTA -- The Surface Mount Technology Association Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
SWE -- Society of Women Engineers.
International Sites:
DotElectronics -- From Miller Freeman, the premiere Web resource for electronics in the United Kingdom.
Electronics Design (UK) -- DTI's Electronics Design Programme aims to help UK companies involved in electronics design or manufacture adopt new approaches to product design for shorter time to market and greater profit.
EIAJ - The web site of the Electronic Industries Association of Japan.
GOOD-DIE -- A European Initiative to Promote Known-Good Die Technologies.
The VMEbus International Trade Association.
Universal Currency Converter - Free currency conversion tool.