Blog post byDirk Stans/28 September 2016 Blind and Buried Vias Blind and buried vias are used to connect between layers of a PCB where space is at a premium. A Blind Via connects an outer layer to one or more inner layers but does not go through the entire board. A Buried Via connects two […]
The benefits of the Gerber X2 format Perfectly understanding customer data and not losing any PCB design information in data transfer, are key issues to seemlessly produce and deliver quick turn around PCB prototypes. In our BLOG section we already explained the history of the Gerber Format. We have written a white paper on which […]
In this section we will show you how the right component placement and routing can reduce the cost of 10 4-layer BGA PCBs from 740€ to 233€, and deliver a more robust finished product. Our customers regularly call us to say that they have laid out a PCB with fine-pitch BGAs. The layout looked OK […]
Can standard Gerber still be used to order PCBs? As you can read from Ucamco"s announcement, Standard Gerber (RS-274D) is declared obsolete as input format for their Computer Aided Manufacturing tools for PCB production. Eurocircuits has for a long time promoted the use of Extended Gerber (RS-274X) for communicating PCB designs as described in our…
Milling, slots and cut-outs – hints and tips. One of the most frequent questions we get asked via our support services is “how do I define slots in my PCB?”. Slots and cut-outs also generate many exceptions, which may lead to delivery delays. Some exceptions occur because the definition of the slots is not clear; […]
What is the smallest possible distance between plated through holes? A. The holes are a part of different electrical nets? Plated through holes that belong to a different electrical net, need at least 0.25mm base material between their hole walls. To calculate this, you will need to count with the manufacturing tool size which is […]
“What do PCB fabricators do with my data before they make my PCB?” “Why can’t they use my data just as I sent it in?” “Why do I need to know? I’m an electronics engineer and they are the board fabricators?”. Our new white paper, “Front-end data preparation”, answers these questions. An understanding of […]
To produce your board we use your design data in Gerber or EAGLE format and first perform the necessary front end actions as described in our white paper: “What do PCB fabricators do with your data before they make your PCBs?“. When this is done and your board is ready for production, we save your […]
By now your job has already been through two of the three front-end data preparation stages : Stage 3 – Make production panels and production tools We now have a stack of orders that are ready to go into production. Our business model is based on “order pooling”. We make our production more efficient by […]
Have you ever wondered what we are doing to your data when the order status is Single Image? Here is the answer based on the instructions we give to our data preparation engineers. Many of the steps described below are automated for speed and accuracy but we have ignored this to make a clearer presentation. […]
Have you ever wondered what we are doing to your data when the order status is Single Image? Here is the answer based on the instructions we give to our data preparation engineers. Many of the steps described below are automated for speed and accuracy but we have ignored this to make a clearer presentation. […]
Have you ever wondered what we are doing to your data when the order status is Analysis or Single image? Here is the answer based on the instructions we give to our data preparation engineers. Many of the steps described below are automated for speed and accuracy but we have ignored this to make a […]
