Supply Chain Challenges are Back

Time to prepare for shortages Shortages and price increases are hitting the supply chain again. Some of the greatest effects are occurring in raw materials used in PCB fab and metal fabrication. Silicon components and capacitors are also showing increases... Read more

24 and 48 hour turn-times temporally unavailable

For me, the wait between last save in my CAD software and having the assembled boards in hand to test is a lot like those agonizing minutes between waking up Christmas morning and being allowed to open your presents. You... Read more

And just one more thing...

Manufacturing is a complex process. Few people would disagree with that. Quality in manufacturing is all about isolating complexities and reducing big challenges into a lot of little manageable tasks. Much of that reduction must be done at the manufacturer... Read more

Thanksgiving is over - How to prevent holiday induced design errors.

Whether you ate turkey, ham or squash, the feast is over. If you’re like me, a big meal and a holiday weekend make it rather difficult to re engage your work brain come Monday morning. Wait. Scratch that and reverse.... Read more

Top five reasons to outsource during the holidays

October, 2020 has passed, as has most of November. Just six minutes ago, it was August and we were all trying to remember whether we had had a summer or not. Time and space no longer have meaning. With that... Read more

Screaming Circuits COVID-19 Updates

Screaming Circuits has implemented a number of changes to allow safe operation under the conditions presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of these changes, as outlined below, may affect orders and delivery. COVID-19 imposed temporary changes to our terms and... Read more

Update on Wildfires and Screaming Circuits

Update for Thursday, September 24 The air is clear again, rain has fallen and we are back to 100% capacity. However we are not yet back to full-speed. At one point, during the worst of the crisis, we had fires... Read more

IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE - AUGUST 2020

Monthly COVID Updates will appear on our Blog at the end of each month. To the Milwaukee Electronics Family: Autumn is upon us, and we continue to work at near full capacity with our staff at-the-ready in this current business... Read more

IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE - JULY 2020

Monthly COVID Updates will appear on our Blog at the end of each month. To the Milwaukee Electronics Family: As July turns into August, we are operating at near full capacity under a new normal. As you have read over... Read more

THE STAR CHRONOMETER CLOCK - CHECK THIS OUT.

Contributed by Geoff Byers, Milwaukee Electronics A week ago, Screaming Circuits posted a photo of my father’s side project, the Star Chronometer. His invention is a clock that uses bulbs placed in certain areas on a printed circuit board to... Read more