Archive for month: September, 2017

Production

Eurocircuits TV has started to capture the production steps one by one. Here’s what is published

• How do we expose the soldermask during production?– NEW
• Making of a 4-layer PCB by Eurocircuits.

eC-tools

We publish articles as tip & tricks or videos on Eurocircuits TV to help our designer customers to maximise their efficiency by using our tools.

• Eurocircuits Tips & Tricks – How to order the most cost effective PCB
• Eurocircuits Tips & Tricks – Problem identification and Auto-Repair
• SMS messagingfor time critical orders
• PCBA Visualizer – user guide

eC-equipment

Here we release articles about our eC-equipment and their use.

• Eurocircuits Tips & Tricks – Cost effective solder paste printing
• eC-reflow-mate V4: – the new V4 released for shipment !

If you would like us to produce a blog or white paper on a particular aspect of PCB manufacturing technology or PCB soldering, e-mail us at euro@eurocircuits.com

Come and meet us at

The best way to share ideas and knowledge is face to face. Check out our eC-calendar

• 11 October – D&E event – Technopolis – Mechelen – Belgium
• 12 October – D&E event – 1931 – Brabanthallen – De Bosch – The Netherlands
• 18-19 October – Electronics Design Show – Ricoh Arena – Coventry – UK
• 8-9 November – Prototyping 2017 – Kortrijk – Belgium
• 29 November – LED event – Technopolis – Mechelen – Belgium
• 30 November – LED event – 1931 – Brabanthallen – De Bosch – The Netherlands

Eurocircuits meets students

Supporting student projects is a top priority for Eurocircuits as students are our tomorrows customers. Learn how creative these students are and what they have accomplished.

• Project MARCH – make people walk again. – a student project from the University of Delft, Holland – NEW
• University of Patras Racing Team – a student project from the University of Patras, Greece – NEW
• Formula Student Team Delft – a student project from the University of Delft, Holland – NEW
• Punch Powertrain Solar Team – meets Eurocircuits – a student project from the KU Leuven, Belgium – NEW
• Linköpings University Formula Student – a student project from the University Linköping, Sweden – NEW
• Chronox – a student project from the University College PXL, Belgium
• TU Delft Solar Boat Team – a student project from the University of Delft, Holland
• STORM Eindhoven – a student project from the University of Eindhoven, Holland
• Eurocircuits’ PCBs in the most efficient urban concept hydrogen car of Green Team Twente – Twente, Holland

One of the many compelling reason to use Eurocircuits is that we only sell what we make. We made the decision over 20 years ago, that for us to provide the highest quality service, then we must have complete control over the entire process.

This of course has many benefits allowing us to react very quickly to our customer needs, often changing deadlines not foreseen at the time of placing the order, exact status of the order or simply tracking your order once shipped.

However another benefit is complete transparency for you to be able to view the exact status of your order 24/7. Not only this, once your order has been shipped you can find a link directly to your tracking number, all of this from the comfort of your Eurocircuits account page.

Your order status can provide a lot of valuable information at you fingertips, to find out how else you can benefit we have a
short explanation here.

Should you have any questions about any of our services, please feel free to get in touch via email, telephone or instantly with our online chat during office hours. We will be more than happy to help.

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Customer papers

Recently our customers have shared these white papers and application papers with us:

How to Prevent Emission Problems on Board Level – NEW Posted on behalf of CNRood, active in the BeNeLux & Sweden. For many, the result of an EMC test comes as an unpleasant surprise. Large amounts of money and time are spent in re-designing the product, which causes heavy delays. The main cause of these additional costs and delays can be related to the designer’s opportunities, knowledge and desire to perform an EMC test on the product as early as possible. In this article, the author will give some simple advice and examples of test methods useful for avoiding undesired emission.

Suitability of an enhanced low melting point alloy for a handheld device – NEW Posted on behalf of Interflux Electronics NV. Current lead-free soldering temperatures can damage temperature sensitive components. Moreover they can cause a shift in the properties of some components which can impact the functionality of sensitive electronic devices. An easy way to solve this problem is to use a soldering alloy with a lower melting point that allows for lower soldering temperatures. Currently however these alloys have limitations in shock and vibration resistance.

Intelligent Power Switch for Raspberry Pi – NEW Posted on behalf of Peter Boxler. A Raspberry Pi does not have an On/Off switch and there is no easy way to shutdown the Pi while keeping the file system intact. This Intelligent Power Switch brings a clever solution to this problem: Power-On the Pi by pressing a pushbutton and also properly Power-Off the Pi with another press on the same button.

Low-cost calibrator delivers -5V to +10V DS with 70-µV error – NEW Posted on behalf of Jordan Dimitrov. Calibration, the stage of truth in the design of every test and measurement device, is done with calibrators, sophisticated highly accurate multifunctional instruments, which cost thousands of dollars. In many cases however you do not need to go to the edge of technology.

If you are an active Eurocircuits’ customer and you feel like you have some interesting story to share with our Eurocircuits community, then please send it to us by e-mail. We will evaluate the content and if it fits the scope of what we publish then we will take it on board and inform you of it.

Production

Eurocircuits TV has started to capture the production steps one by one. Here’s what is published

• How do we expose the soldermask during production?– NEW
• Making of a 4-layer PCB by Eurocircuits.

eC-tools

We publish articles as tip & tricks or videos on Eurocircuits TV to help our designer customers to maximise their efficiency by using our tools.

• Eurocircuits Tips & Tricks – How to order the most cost effective PCB
• Eurocircuits Tips & Tricks – Problem identification and Auto-Repair
• SMS messagingfor time critical orders
• PCBA Visualizer – user guide

eC-equipment

Here we release articles about our eC-equipment and their use.

• Eurocircuits Tips & Tricks – Cost effective solder paste printing
• eC-reflow-mate V4: – the new V4 released for shipment !

If you would like us to produce a blog or white paper on a particular aspect of PCB manufacturing technology or PCB soldering, e-mail us at euro@eurocircuits.com

Come and meet us at

The best way to share ideas and knowledge is face to face. Check out our eC-calendar

• 11 October – D&E event – Technopolis – Mechelen – Belgium
• 12 October – D&E event – 1931 – Brabanthallen – De Bosch – The Netherlands
• 18-19 October – Electronics Design Show – Ricoh Arena – Coventry – UK
• 8-9 November – Prototyping 2017 – Kortrijk – Belgium
• 29 November – LED event – Technopolis – Mechelen – Belgium
• 30 November – LED event – 1931 – Brabanthallen – De Bosch – The Netherlands

Eurocircuits meets students

Supporting student projects is a top priority for Eurocircuits as students are our tomorrows customers. Learn how creative these students are and what they have accomplished.

• Project MARCH – make people walk again. – a student project from the University of Delft, Holland – NEW
• University of Patras Racing Team – a student project from the University of Patras, Greece – NEW
• Formula Student Team Delft – a student project from the University of Delft, Holland – NEW
• Punch Powertrain Solar Team – meets Eurocircuits – a student project from the KU Leuven, Belgium – NEW
• Linköpings University Formula Student – a student project from the University Linköping, Sweden – NEW
• Chronox – a student project from the University College PXL, Belgium
• TU Delft Solar Boat Team – a student project from the University of Delft, Holland
• STORM Eindhoven – a student project from the University of Eindhoven, Holland
• Eurocircuits’ PCBs in the most efficient urban concept hydrogen car of Green Team Twente – Twente, Holland