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Copper fills – mechanically speaking

This is the sixth and final article of this series about PCB design and manufacturing topics. I hope that you’ve enjoyed it and will continue to follow up on our other publications until we return with series 2! Copper fills — or copper pours — are one of those topics that’s deceivingly simple, but their […]

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Finding fiducials

This is the fifth in a series of articles where we discuss important topics in PCB design and manufacturing. Please follow us on social media and sign up to our mailing list to get our publications. Fiducials are markers that are used as a reference for placement or size; their name, interestingly, is derived from […]

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On the keepout

In this fourth article of our series about PCB design and manufacturing issues I’ll discuss keepouts, a design tool that when used correctly can save us from making costly mistakes. Keepouts are areas of the board where we ask our design tool to enforce some restrictions on what can and cannot be contained in that […]

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Understanding annular rings

We’re back with a third article in a series of six on PCB design and manufacturing topics. Don’t miss our future publications by following us on social media and signing up to our newsletter. Now let’s talk about annular rings. A very common feature of PCBs is an exposed round pad with a hole at […]

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Good courtyards make good neighbours

We continue our series on PCB design and manufacturing topics; this is the second article of six. Please follow us on social media or sign up to our mailing list to continue getting our publications. Now for today’s topic! When designing boards we naturally first focus our attention on electrical functionality. But we also need […]

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The PCB Assembly Process

Follow the process step-by-step For the assembly of prototype PCBs it is vital to have minimum setup times when changing from one job to another and to have the shortest possible overall process time. Optimisation is key and Eurocircuits is constantly monitoring their full assembly process to ensure it has the best optimisation without compromising […]

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Let’s talk about Outlines

Hello! This is the first article in a series of six where I cover PCB design and manufacturing topics: outlines, courtyards, annular rings, keepouts, fiducials, and copper fills. We will publish the series weekly as part of our ongoing Technology Thursday publications. To make sure that you don’t miss them please follow us on the […]

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The Function of Beautiful

When we say functionality during electronics development we normally mean electrical functionality: the circuit that controls the flow of electrons to convert incoming inputs into desired outputs. The look of this functionality doesn’t normally come into it as it is often considered superfluous. I argue, though, that the beauty of electronics is functionality in many […]

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The History of Printed Circuit Boards

Progress came in print: the history of printed circuit boards The printed circuit board (PCB) is probably one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. The intellectual father of the printed circuit board was Paul Eisler. If he had only asked for a few pennies for each copy of his invention, he would […]

How Can We Help You?

We have all been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic and for many of us this changed the way we conduct our daily activities. For weeks now, numerous designers are working from home or are more isolated than they were before. Are you one of them? And do you have questions concerning the Manufacture and Assembly […]

Tolerances on Copper Thickness on a PCB

Why does the copper thickness of a PCB vary? A printed circuit board (PCB) is a very complex and technically demanding construction made of different materials and process steps with unavoidable tolerances. The reasons for this are on the one hand the starting material for the PCB, the base material, and on the other hand […]

PCB Design Guidelines – Update

Eurocircuits ‘PCB Design Guidelines‘ are based on our philosophy of ‘Right First Time for Manufacture‘. Since the launch these guidelines have been continuously updated to keep them in line with the ever evolving Eurocircuits manufacturing capabilities and technologies. Today we launch the latest revision and all new layout of these guidelines. This brings them up […]

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