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Matric Group: Oct 15, 2024
The electronics manufacturing supply chain is a major risk for many OEMs. Challenges in this area include environmental and global regulations, which...
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Matric Group: Oct 04, 2023
In today’s world of advanced technology, it could be two days before someone detects a cyberattack on your system. At that point, data and...
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Matric Group: May 18, 2023
Technology continues to advance, leading to smaller and more powerful PCBs. The manufacturing industry as a whole is pivoting, as is PCB production....
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Matric Group: Jan 27, 2023
Among the serial data interfaces -- SPI, Flex I2C, and many more -- available for electronic equipment, two stand out for their longevity. In spite...
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Matric Group: Dec 15, 2022
COMPONENT SHORTAGE: December ‘22 UPDATE: Nearly a year after our last update, we have returned to find a similar situation regarding shortages in the...
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Matric Group: Apr 21, 2022
Many industrial and manufacturing operations are looking closely at wireless industrial controls to see what benefits they offer. These wireless...
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Matric Group: Mar 23, 2022
More opportunity, more money … and more problems.
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Matric Group: Aug 02, 2021
Even in our vastly internet-dominated world, nothing has quite replicated the impact of a face-to-face discussion with vendors and fellow engineers....
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Matric Group: Oct 06, 2020
It’s time for your organization to begin production of a new electronic device. For one reason or another, you’re in no position to take care of the...
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Matric Group: Mar 31, 2020
As you know painfully well, the coronavirus is causing growing demand for medical ventilators and other "life-sustaining" devices. As hospital visits...
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Matric Group: Sep 10, 2019
NOTE: This article was updated on September 16, 2019 to reflect recent information regarding tariffs. Two days after Independence Day 2018, President...
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Matric Group: May 14, 2019
Two things are fairly certain about the current electronic component shortage: It’ll end, and it’ll someday return.
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Matric Group: Feb 27, 2019
If there's anything certain in the U.S.-China tariffs staredown, it's uncertainty.
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Matric Group: Oct 17, 2018
On Oct. 4, a story by Bloomberg that detailed allegations of China’s military infiltration into servers used by about 30 U.S. companies and top...
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Matric Group: Oct 02, 2018
It’s too early to tell with certainty how U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods implemented in 2018 will truly affect U.S. electronics contract...
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Matric Group: Sep 11, 2018
Conflict minerals are both a vital component (no pun intended) of the electronics industry and at the same time one of its biggest headaches. Since...
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Matric Group: Jun 26, 2018
If your manufacturing projects involve electronics, you’re likely facing the challenge of extended electronic component lead times. Certain parts...
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(The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development's PA Proud blog recently spoke with Matric Group President and CEO Rick Turner to...
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Matric Group: Jun 18, 2018
Perhaps without realizing it, you use embedded systems and IoT every single day of your life. “I use what?” you might’ve just asked.
