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Sustainable PCB Design

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Understanding Material Properties and Processing

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Right First Time with Virtual Manufacturing

FR-4: Used by many known by few

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Right First Time with Perfect Data for Assembly

The Power of Generic Parts

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The Perfect BOM

Newsletter – DFM with spring-loaded pins

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Moving our Assembly Department to their New Building

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Dealing with High Frequencies

Manufacturing IOT Devices

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Parts Pre-Order (PPO)

Avoiding Connectors and Flex to Install

Thermal Vias

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Don’t miss the last shipment of 2022!

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Newsletter September 2022 – The Basics for a seamless start to Manufacturing

Spring-loaded Pins

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Newsletter July 2022 – New Service – Enclosures

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Newsletter May 2022 – Evaluating Data Made Easy

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The Influence of Copper Distribution on PCB Quality

IPC-A-600 Acceptability of Printed Boards: Classes

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Looking Forward to 2022

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Newsletter Nov. 2021 – Why are PCBs green, …and much more

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Don’t miss the last shipment of 2021!

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Why PCBs are green

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Newsletter Oct. 2021 – Global Semiconductor Shortage

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Allocation is slowing down Electronics Manufacturers

Designing with BGAs for manufacturability and cost

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Newsletter Sept 2021 – 10 Rules for Better Data

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Surviving Shortages Together

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Samen Tekorten Opvangen

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Newsletter July 2021 – Surviving Shortages Together

Sorting out Drills and Cutouts

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News June 2021 – Impedance Calculations

The Complex Story of PCB Thickness

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Defining Defined Impedance

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Applying Carbon Contacts to PCBs

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Covering vias

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Castellations on a PCB

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PCB Assembly requires good BOM and CPL Data

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The History of the Printed Circuit Board

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The PCB Assembly Process

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The Function of Beautiful

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The History of Printed Circuit Boards

How Can We Help You?

Tolerances on Copper Thickness on a PCB

PCB Design Guidelines – Update

Assembled Prototype PCBs from Data to Delivery in 6 Days

Assembled Prototype PCBs from Data to Delivery in 6 Days   Eurocircuits new 3+3 Service offers you lightning fast Assembled prototype PCBs delivered in 6 days. Why do we call this service 3+3? Well that’s easy we need 3 days to manufacture the bare boards and then 3 days to assemble them. Our growth in […]

A Internet das Coisas (Idc)

English Version                       Version en español   A Internet das Coisas (Idc) é a conectividade da Internet com dispositivos e objetos do cotidiano. Um dispositivo IoC é algo com dispositivos eletrônicos integrados, conectividade à Internet e outros tipos de hardware (como detectores ou controladores). Estes […]

Internet de las cosas (IoC)

English Version                       Versão portuguesa   Internet de las cosas (IoC) es la conectividad de Internet a dispositivos y objetos cotidianos. Un dispositivo IoC es algo con dispositivos electrónicos integrados, conectividad a Internet y otros tipos de hardware (como detectores o controladores). Estos dispositivos pueden […]

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Defined Impedance Calculators

3 Days Standard Delivery for PCB Prototypes

Why Would You Accept Anything Less!!! Eurocircuits understands the need for Fast Delivery of your PCB Prototypes and that’s why we have invested in the right equipment and process to be able to offer you a 3 Days Standard Delivery Term* This gives you low prices with a fast delivery for all your Prototypes without […]

5 Days Standard Delivery

Don’t Settle for Less!!! Our Standard Delivery terms for our STANDARD, DEFINED Impedance, IMS & RF pool services is 5 Days Delivery as Standard This offers you low prices with a short delivery for all your Prototypes and Small Series PCB’s. Need your Prototypes faster? No problem  our standard delivery term for our PCB Proto service […]

Insight Technology – Finished PCB Thickness Tolerances

Definition of Tolerance for Manufacturing Manufacturing tolerances are the amount of variation that is allowed in a measurement or other characteristic of an object. Ref: Collins English Dictionary We continue with our series on Understanding Tolerances on a PCB with our 5th guide: Finished PCB Thickness Tolerances As with all manufacturing processes the Finished PCB […]

Insight Technology – Finished Slot Size Tolerances

Definition of Tolerance for Manufacturing Manufacturing tolerances are the amount of variation that is allowed in a measurement or other characteristic of an object. Ref: Collins English Dictionary We continue with our series on Understanding Tolerances on a PCB with our 4th guide: Slot Size Tolerances The definition of a slot is “a narrow-elongated slit […]

Internet of Things

Version en español                       Versão portuguesa   The Internet of things (IoT) is the Internet connectivity to devices and everyday objects. An IoT device is something with embedded electronics, Internet connectivity and other types of hardware (such as detectors or controllers). And these devices can […]

Insight Technology – Layer to Layer Registration Tolerances

Definition of Tolerance for Manufacturing Manufacturing tolerances are the amount of variation that is allowed in a measurement or other characteristic of an object. Ref: Collins English Dictionary We continue with our series on Understanding Tolerances on a PCB with our latest guide: Layer to Layer Registration Tolerances The accuracy of layer to layer registration […]

New! – DEFINED IMPEDANCE pool

New! – DEFINED IMPEDANCE pool   We are very pleased to announce the introduction of our new fast & competitively priced solution for DEFINED IMPEDANCE PCB’s. Our DEFINED IMPEDANCE pool service is designed for PCB’s that require a specific impedance for specific tracks. There is an online calculator to help you to define the correct […]

5 Days Delivery as Standard

New and exciting update to our standard delivery terms for our STANDARD, IMS & RF pool services. 5 Days Delivery as Standard   Our pooling efficiency now allows us to offer you a standard 5 working days delivery for the same price as 7 working days for your Prototypes and Small Series PCB’s.    

Insight Technology – Track Width & Isolation Gap Tolerances

Definition of Tolerance for Manufacturing Manufacturing tolerances are the amount of variation that is allowed in a measurement or other characteristic of an object. Ref: Collins English Dictionary We continue with our series on Understanding Tolerances on a PCB with our latest guide: Track Width & Isolation Gap Tolerances. Track widths and isolation gaps are […]

Insight Technology – Finished Hole Size Tolerances

Definition of Tolerance for Manufacturing Manufacturing tolerances are the amount of variation that is allowed in a measurement or other characteristic of an object. Ref: Collins English Dictionary Tolerances are everywhere, they are applied to everything that is manufactured whether it is a simple screw, a mobile phone or a spacecraft, they are all affected […]

Eurocircuits Introduces – PCB Prototype 3+3 Service

Eurocircuits Introduces – PCB Prototype 3+3 Service   Eurocircuits understands that Time-to-Market is crucial for developers as they need to meet shorter lead-times to maximise the potential of their new products. Since the beginning of 2019 we have developed and introduced new software, manufacturing processes and equipment that allows us to reduce the manufacturing and […]

Material 101 Podcast with Alun Morgan

Direct Imaging – Boosting the Quality of PCB’s and SMD Soldering

Tolerances on PCB – Blog

What tolerances should I design into my PCB? Where possible design your PCB to meet industry standard mid-range tolerances. Eurocircuits use these specifications and tolerances as the basis of our lowest-cost pooling services. For more detailed information on our Manufacturing Tolerances please see our Tolerances on a PCB page.    

Insight Technology – The Double-Sided Production Flow

Insight Technology – The Double-Sided Production Flow Double Sided PCB production sounds simple enough, but have you ever wondered what the actual production flow involves. Using our Eurocircuits Insight Technology platform we have made a short informative video that explains the process flow. There are more than 20 process steps required to make a Double-Sided […]

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RoHS and Lead-free Compliance

Cross Sections – What is their Purpose ?

Via Filling – Eurocircuits have invested in the ITC THP 30 machine

Eurocircuits – Tips & Tricks – How do we use our galvanic line to dispose copper?

Eurocircuits – Tips & Tricks – How do we use our galvanic line to dispose copper? At Eurocircuits we solidly believe that it is important to inform our design engineers about the technology we use to produce their Printed Circuit Boards. Engineers constantly strive to upgrade their knowledge to become better engineers. Design for Manufacturing […]

Eurocircuits – Tips & Tricks – How do we Expose the Soldermask during Production?

Eurocircuits – Tips & Tricks – How do we Expose the Soldermask during Production? Every year Eurocircuits makes significant investments in its production plants to upgrade efficiency but also and even more important to upgrade the quality and reliability of the final product we deliver. One of these fields of investment is the Soldermask department. […]

eC-TV – how do we galvanise PCBs

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How do we Expose the Soldermask during Production?

Review – Standard and Predefined Build-ups

A New Soldermask for Eurocircuits’ PCBs

Eurocircuits Technical Update – direct imaging technology

In this update New direct imaging technology – more capacity, more design options 2015 – a record start to the year Medium-volume BINDI pool now UL approved – and 4 layers soon Eurocircuits sponsor student projects Direct-imaging technology MORE CAPACITY The Ledia V5 direct-imaging system, installed in January, is our largest single investment in a […]

How do we assure the quality of your PCB – part 3

What about UL ?

How do we assure the quality of your PCB. – part 2

How do we assure the quality of your PCB. – part 1

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How Often Can You Raise a Eurocircuits PCB to Lead-free Soldering Temperatures?

Gold Plating for Edge Connectors

Soldermask on via-holes in case of chemical Nickel-Gold surface finish

Hand-soldering – point by point or mini-wave technique

Hand-soldering with the same high quality result as reflow or wave soldering? Are you ready for the challenge ? Let us look at the mini-wave soldering technique. This picture shows that tools and skills are the basics to achieve a good result in hand-soldering. You agree ? Hand-soldering is in most cases the last step […]

Through hole component soldering with the eC-reflow mate

PIP (Pin in Paste) technology for soldering trough hole components PIP is a technology for assembling through hole components using a conventional reflow soldering process. The process is also known as THTR (Through Hole Technology Reflow). Most PCB”s that contain SMD components usually also contain some through hole components, such as connectors, switches, capacitors and […]