Recent environmental initiatives like RoHS, WEEE, and Pb-free are creating new challenges for electronic design engineers. The more you're aware of the important issues that affect your design, the less likely you'll be faced with any nasty surprises.

To help keep you better informed, we offer a monthly series of brief, informative articles covering the lead-free/RoHS directive. A table accompanying each article will keep you up to date on the lead-free/RoHS status of various components.