When you first start out in the PCB layout game and know just enough to be dangerous, you simply plop down a connector, run a trace or two, and call it a hack. As you learn more about the finer points ...

In my previous post, Solder-wick trick characterizes bypass caps, you saw a very simple home-made fixture [1]. It takes only two coaxial cables and some solder wick ...

Amphenol RF has introduced the new SMA Right-Angle PCB jack into its broad portfolio of SMA connectors. Right‑angle SMA PCB connector Credit: Amphenol RF This new SMA jack operates up to 18 GHz making ...

Another cool presentation I saw at DesignCon last month was about the proper way to lay out a circuit board for edge-launch SMA connectors (32 meg pdf). The presentation has another neat section that ...