Spend less time preparing your HDI PCB design, check manufacturability before ordering and benefit from cost-effective HDI pooling. Focus on your design, not the manufacturing process You have selected your components and are ready to turn your schematic into a PCB layout. But one part, perhaps a fine-pitch BGA, may require HDI technology to facilitate […]
For many PCB designs, a proven and standardised buildup reduces engineering effort, improves repeatability & reproducibility and simplifies the transition from prototype to series production.This also allows the development teams to focus on what really creates value: the design itself. A new project starts. The requirements are clear, the schematic is taking shape and someone […]
Speaking the same language is important for communication, obviously, and is particularly so when talking about technical data for manufacturing. PCB data files are generated using CAD – Computer-Aided Design – software that are then sent to a manufacturer, who processes them with CAM – Computer-Aided Manufacturing – software so it’s ready for manufacturing. (CAD […]
Today’s electronic designs are rapidly shrinking – components such as micro-BGAs and CSPs (Chip Scale Packages) are becoming common even in everyday industrial applications. However, integrating these smaller components often pushes traditional PCB manufacturing to its limits. Eurocircuits’ HDI pool Service bridges this gap by providing an efficient and cost-effective method to incorporate advanced features […]
On a recent visit to our factories in Eger I asked the PCB manufacturing manager, József Lengyel, and his team, what are the top ten customer-data issues that they experience. The answer was unanimous and immediate: designers using the tightest design rules on the entire board instead of just to the specific places where they […]
The perfect BOM is important for correct price calculation and seamless component sourcing The Bill of Material (BOM) is the list that contains all electronic parts required to assemble a PCB. Based on the BOM list, the components are purchased and picked for the assembly of the PCB. To ensure that the transfer from design […]
Practical tip: Design for manufacturing with spring-loaded pins Cordless landline telephone or needle bed adapters are typical applications for spring-loaded pins, known as Pogo Pins. These come in a wide range of shapes and designs which makes them an excellent choice when a quick and reliable electrical connection is required that can also be easily […]
But what if you only need small amounts of heat to be dissipated? We recommend opting for vias filled with thermal paste (thermal vias) as this may be sufficient to improve the thermal conductivity of your FR-4 PCBs. Our IMS pool PCBs offer a great way to dissipate a lot of heat. However, it’s not […]
Sometimes our electrical connections need to be solid, but temporary; or, it is subjected to enough vibration to undo it; or, we need to make or break many connections at once, all over the board. In those cases, the usual combination of sockets, plugs, and cables may not be ideal, so we might consider spring-loaded […]
Tools and tips for good copper distribution Evenly distributed copper across layers, and choosing symmetrical buildups (stackups), are two important ways for avoiding PCB manufacturing quality issues, and problems during component assembly. We explain below why that is. Copper thickness and planarity (within tolerances) are two important PCB quality criteria. When copper is unevenly distributed […]
The IPC-A-600 guideline describes the acceptance criteria for printed circuit boards that function as a benchmark used by manufacturers and their customers. This set of rules is intended to ensure that flawless shipped PCBs and the electronic devices or equipment that they are part of function reliably. The IPC-A-600 describes minimum requirements that trained professionals […]
Electronic components are increasingly difficult or even sometimes impossible to source. The only way to help overcome this situation is to use our Parts Reservation service. See our article below. Even with these challenges our production will continue throughout the summer and our customer support team will be available and ready to help when you […]
