Prerequisite files for a PCB assembly project
It is imperative that due attention be placed on the generation of files such Gerber, centroid, BOM, and assembly drawings, as several assembly stages rest on the accuracy of these documents.
DFM & DFA: Building your space-grade PCB right-first-time
To ensure your PCB is fabricated right-first-time, DFM and DFA require investment in time and effort.
Avoid these BIG 5 mistakes when you start your multilayer PCB fabrication process
Here are five common mistakes that are typically made during the PCB fabrication process and ways to avoid them.
Vias are really cool
The temperature of a via is not determined by the current flowing through it, but by the temperature of the parent trace.
Raspberry Pi designs its own MCU with $4 Pico board
Raspberry Pi has designed its own MCU and launched a new $4 board based on the new MCU, the Raspberry Pi Pico...
Maintain signal integrity and performance without expensive PCB materials
PCB manufacturing yields opportunities to maintain signal integrity and other performance characteristics without expensive materials.
Association aims to elevate the role of PCB design
PCBs starting to get engineering treatment
When the flyback converter reaches its limits
Although flyback converters are very popular, this topology has practical limitations...
Study of fiber weave effect on PCB with 3DEM modelling
This article studies the fiber weave effect on PCB in terms of mode conversion and differential insertion loss due to the disparity of propagation delay and characteristic impedance in single ended mode...
Aligning multiple connector sets between PCBs
Miniaturization has made it more difficult to align multiple connectors, but design best practices can help ensure PCB design success.