IPC Designer’s
Council, Chesapeake Chapter
Wow, what a meeting!
EIT our
host was great, our guest speaker, Dr. Craig Hillman was great, attendance was great.
If you missed the April meeting, copies of Dr. Hillman’s ROHS presentation
are available. Please contact Mike
Reagan at edsipcb@comcat.net
or Sean McConville at smcconville@centurycan.com. Kudos to Fred Villa from Triangle Circuits, the
chapter “reporter” for the awesome write up. For a copy of the write up, Fred can be
contacted at fvila@comcast.net.
We have
postponed V.P. elections until June.
Our time was tight, so we will make accommodations to hold elections at
the next meeting. The next topic will be
3D design and Integration. This stuff is
getting too complex. Our guest speaker
will be John Magyar from Altium. Please
find additional information on June’s meeting below.
Baseball Game
Going
against tradition, instead of a golf outing, we will schedule a family outing
at a Frederick Keys baseball game August 15th.
Friday is fireworks night so plan to stay for the fireworks. Games start at
Board of Director’s Meeting:
Please feel
free to email Sean, Mirka, Fred, Jim, or Mike if you
have any suggestions or specific topics for 2008 -2009. We have plenty of topics, including a
possible tour with a contract manufacturer like EIT.
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Refreshments
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Fairchild
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3D
Design PWBs |
Phil
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Electronic
Design Solutions Frederick
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Sept 2008
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Board of
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August 15 |
Frederick
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June 10 Topic:
A method
for performing 3D assembly checks early during the PCB design phase.
Identifying and resolving potential mechanical issues while designing the PCB
can save time and iterations in the product’s final mechanical verification
phase.
John Magyar Bio:
John Magyar
is a Field Applications Engineer for Altium based in
Altium Background:
Altium is
the only developer of a unified electronic product
development solution, which includes schematic, simulation, PCB,
FPGA and Embedded design technologies. Altium's
solutions are designed to enable users to harness the
latest devices, technologies and methodologies allowing accelerated product
development timeframes, reduced time-to-market and design and product
innovation in ways not previously possible. Altium's customers
include small engineering companies to some of the biggest and
most respected names in the electronics, electrical, automotive, aerospace,
communications and computer industries. Founded in 1985, Altium is
headquartered in
2007 - 2008 Sponsors:
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Design
Validation |
Multilayer
Fabrication |
BluePrint PCB and CAM350 |
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Contract
manufacture VA |
Electronic
Design Solutions Inc. Altium Service
Bureau |
ECS and
Aerospace Systems |
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Galaxy Electronics Associates Inc Multilayer Fabrication |
In Circuit Test |
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Designers
Council Membership
Applications
for joining can be found at https://secure.ipc.org/IPC/dcreg.asp
When you join or renew your IPC Designers Council membership, IPC will give you
a $50 coupon to be used toward attending a design-related workshop or seminar,
or the purchase of select IPC documents. This is like getting your IPC
Designers Council membership for FREE!
Unmistakably, the Designers Council Membership is designed to benefit both you
and the industry. Join Today!
Chapter News:
April 19th
EDSI, was host for the Board of Directors for the Chesapeake
Chapter Designer’s Council. Present
were Mike Reagan, Sean McConville, Mirka Halas, and Jim Crowe. Discussions centered on setting a direction
for this chapter, making improvements, and planning. No meetings are on the table after June, so
we will meet again this summer.
Instead of holding an August meeting, a family outing at a baseball game, the Frederick Keys was suggested. More information will be coming as we get
closer to August.
Jim has suggested the officers pass out business cards to promote the chapter. Good idea, so look for business cards at June’s
meeting with links to this website. Sean
has volunteered to design the cards.
Mirka, provided a financial report. We are
still solvent. Thanks to Hughes, Fairchild Controls, Galaxy Electronics, EDSI,
Colonial Circuits, EIT, Downstream Technologies, and Idirect
for their financial support this past year.
Please feel free to contact Mirka if you wish
to see a copy of the financial report.
Downstream Technologies would like to host a Webinar for
anyone interested. Please email me if
you feel this of interest to you.
Perhaps we can hold the webinar over the
summer.
Nate Fit ( IPC Designer’s Council National ), council leader has
resigned his post. IPC National is
hiring another person to fill his position.
Nate has been instrumental and a great resource helping our
chapter. Please join us in wishing him
good luck.
Jobs and Recruiting: Anyone looking for positions, or companies looking for
candidates, please feel free to email me. Occasionally, I receive inquiries from
recruiters and designers,
Old news:
Meetings will be held the
second Tuesday of each even month beginning in October. We will try to
start each meeting at
We are always looking for more sites
to host meetings. Due to the logistics
of planning, Fairchild Controls has become “HOME” of the designer’s council for
2007-2008. Please ask your company if they would be interested in hosting a
meeting.
Thanks to all of you who help set up
and clean up afterwards. Your small
contribution makes the evening easier for all of us. I appreciate your participation.
As an incentive to join
the council, we will award one door prize of either an IPC
Standards Manual or a Designer's Council hat (winner's choice). Please help the chapter by joining. The
link is https://secure.ipc.org/IPC/dcreg.asp
Officers for 2008
Michael Reagan President
Open Vice President
Sean McConville Secretary
Mirka Halas Treasurer
Fred Vila Reporter
Jim Crow Consulting VP
(elections coming)
Art Schweiss Consulting VP (elections
coming)