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Avoiding Vibration in Odd-Shaped Printed-Circuit Boards If a printed-circuit board vibrates at its resonant frequency, components and connections can shake loose. You can find the resonant frequencies of common rectangular boards in a reference book. But there’s little information on odd-shaped boards. Here’s help. Dave S. Steinberg Steinberg Associates Westlake Village, CA 91361 When a printed-circuit board (PCB) vibrates-especially at its resonant frequency-connectors work loose, component leads snap, and the board may even crack. All these conditions, of course, mean control-circ