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An Open Invitation to Standards Development in Paris

September 14, 2026 | Marcy LaRont, I-Connect007

The Global Electronics Association is doing something a little different around standards this year. IPC Builds, Sept. 19–24, in Paris, is a series of standards development meetings open to both Association members and nonmembers, offered at no charge, with lunch provided. Sponsoring an event like this at no charge caught my attention. Removing any registration cost clearly removes a barrier to participation at a time when global input into standards development is needed more than ever. An open forum naturally makes it easier for someone who is curious about standards work or has wanted to get involved but hasn’t yet taken the first step to experience the process firsthand, with no risk or expectation.

I-Connect007 Editor’s Choice: Five Must-Reads for the Week

September 11, 2026 | Marcy LaRont, I-Connect007

I feel compelled to start off by recognizing that today marks the 25th anniversary of the tragic activities that took place on 9/11/2001. Like so many of us, I will never forget exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard that United flights 11 and 175 had struck the World Trade Center in NYC. That day, the world was forever changed, and the effects still reverberate. Today, I am taking a moment to remember the lives lost and the heroism and coming together that day brought about. 




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Elementary, Mr. Watson: The ‘Baton’ Handoff Makes or Breaks the Design

September 3, 2026 | John Watson, Elementary, Mr. Watson

In my previous column in I-Connect007 Magazine, I shared the example of the U.S. men’s 4x100-meter relay team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Trayvon Bromell, Fred Kerley, Ronnie Baker, and Cravon Gillespie were among the fastest...

The concept of co-designing PCBs by incorporating input from all areas of manufacturing has grown significantly over the past several years, bringing a sharper focus on the early contributors to a collaborative electronic system. From...

Elementary, Mr. Watson: Inside the Display Power Loop

August 6, 2026 | John Watson, Elementary, Mr. Watson

In my previous column, I traced the evolution from fixed physical interfaces to dynamic, software-defined displays, and saw how a familiar model of input and output slowly gave way to something far more fluid. That foundation begs the...

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