Design for Manufacturing, Fabrication, and Assembly
With a full suite of DFM checks including Design for Fabrication (DFF), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Test (DFT) running in real-time while you design.
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Utilizing a Checklist for PCB Design Finalization
Your design goes through many hoops to become a printed circuit board. Don’t let up your rigor before your PCB design finalization is finished.
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PCB Layout Tips for Circuit Board Design Success
Avoid the problems and frustrations that can happen when you are not prepared by following these PCB layout tips in your next PCB design.
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How to Reduce Respins of Your PCB Using SPICE Simulation
Producing multiple prototype PCBs to validate your circuits is a waste of time and money. Here is how to reduce respins of your PCB using SPICE simulation.
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Meet the Materials Inside a PCB Stack-up
The demand for smaller boards means designers need to pack more functionality into a smaller form factor. A multilayer stack-up is one of the first things...
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PCB Design that Requires MCAD/ECAD Collaboration
Without good MCAD/ECAD collaboration, your carefully created circuitry could bog down in physical design. You need tools that are designed to work together.
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Comparing PCB Design-to-Cost and Design-to-Value
Is it better to design-to-cost or design-to-value? Read this to understand the difference between these PCB design strategies and how to determine which is best.
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How to Avoid PCB Assembly and Subassembly Redesign
No one likes doing the same task over when it could have been done better the first time. By implementing DFM and DFA, you can avoid the wasted time, additional cost, and frustration of PCB assembly a
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PCB Design for Sustainable Manufacturing
We are rapidly approaching a time when the standard for manufacturing will be sustainability. Choosing components and advocating for smarter material selection are only two of the ways to accomplish.
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Shorts and Cuts: Post-fabrication Logic Changes
Circuits are usually developed with a few unknowns at the start. Future price and availability of key components is a typical day-one risk. The wise designer leaves themselves some room to...
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Can You Afford to Skip the CAM Process When You Tape Out a Printed Circuit Board?
You may have seen the advertising already. Some PCB fab shops will provide a quotation based on a questionnaire that details the pertinent factors...
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What Is Documentation in PCB Manufacturing?
Documenting your entire design process may seem tedious or inconvenient at times, but it ends up being a critical piece of creating a great product. PCB design is no exception.
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PCB Dimensions in Manufacturing
In this post, we’ll walk you through the different dimensions and tolerances to consider for the manufacturability of your PCB design.
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Gerber vs. CAD: PCB File Formats Demystified
Today’s PCBs can be quite complex, there are multiple layers of traces, vias, and components that must fit together with a high degree of precision. One small error can turn a PCB into...
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Are Acid Traps Still a Problem for PCBs in 2019?
So what exactly are acid traps and are they still a problem in 2019? In this post we’ll get to the root of this old engineering heuristic.
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How PCB Panelization Can Improve Your Manufacturing Process
PCB panelization is the art of organizing multiple boards on a single panel in order to manufacture more efficiently. From soldering, to component assembly, and even testing...
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Chamfering in PCB Design
Take any corner, cut it off, and you’re left with a chamfer. From your child-proof tables to the iconic walls of the Taj Mahal, humans have long used chamfers to solve corner-related problems...
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The Designer’s Guide to PCB Solder Defects
During the inspection process you notice that some passive components aren’t sitting quite right. It seems as though they have pivoted up to stand at attention on one of the two pads that they should
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