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Research for connected electronics buyers
Long-form pieces on the manufacturing side of connected products. Engineer-to-engineer, no marketing fluff.
Connected Electronics Manufacturing Trends
CRA timeline, Matter adoption, eSIM growth, and what they mean for production.
2026-04-20
More Info ResearchWhy Automated PCB Assembly Is in Demand
Skills shortage, EU reshoring, and connected-product growth are driving demand for automated PCBA in Europe.
2026-04-12
More Info ResearchBox-Build Assembly for Connected Devices
Antenna placement, gasketing, post-test labeling, and the box-build choices that decide field reliability.
2026-04-02
More Info ResearchSecure Provisioning for IoT Device Manufacturing
X.509, secure elements, AWS DPS, Azure DPS, and the production-side workflow that makes them work.
2026-03-26
More Info ResearchWhy Firmware Flashing Belongs in Production
Field-flashing has hidden costs that production-side flashing eliminates.
2026-03-18
More Info ResearchTraceability in Connected Electronics Production
GS1 DataMatrix, per-board logging schema, and what audit-ready traceability looks like.
2026-03-04
More Info ResearchEuropean Electronics Manufacturing Opportunities
EU Chips Act, IPCEI, Horizon Europe, and the practical openings for connected-product manufacturing.
2026-02-28
More Info ResearchWhy Functional Testing Matters in PCBA
AOI catches placement defects, FCT catches behavior. Field-failure cost favors both.
2026-02-10
More Info ResearchSecond-Source Manufacturing and Supply-Chain Resilience
Post-2020 supply shocks have made dual-source the default for serious connected-product programs.
2026-01-22
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