𝗩𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗶 𝗔𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘃 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗙𝗔𝗕 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗨𝗝𝗜 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗚𝗺𝗯𝗛 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯. 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗛𝗧 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗖𝗕 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 - 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗩𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗶, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆?
In 2000, immediately after completing my studies, I got a job at a scientific research institute that also produced electronic modules. It was then that I learnt about the reality of production, testing, tuning and troubleshooting electronic modules, which I had previously only known in theory. I was handed a stack of circuit boards, sat down at a table with a power supply and an oscilloscope and told to ‘get started’. That was the start of my journey into the electronics industry.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗖𝗕 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲?
The circuit boards I worked with back then were bulky and resembled those I had seen inside an old television set that I had dismantled as a child. Entire assembly halls were dedicated to their construction, where workers in white coats sat at their workstations all day long, concentrating on their work. We also had an old wave soldering machine, but it was rarely used. When I saw how it worked, the first thought that came to my mind was: ‘So you can solder like that too.’ We had never been told about this at university.
And it seemed to me that this had always been the case and would continue to be the case in the future. Printed circuit boards had to be bulky and soldering had to be done by workers in white coats or with the old wave soldering machine. Until I was handed the first devices that were manufactured using surface mounting technology. That was a novelty for us at the time - and a new era began.
𝗜𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗩𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗶 𝗔𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘃, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗠𝗧 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗛𝗧 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 - 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻 ...
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