Licky's Column

The Sequence of PCB Design Services

by Licky Li October 29, 2024

PCB design services begin with the design of electronic system architecture and end with the development of a functional prototype. A PCB schemati...

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A PCB Designer Looks at Sixty

by Licky Li October 29, 2024

Life is good. It turns out that you can be what you want to be and do what you like to do if you develop a particular set of skills. From the momen...

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Printed Circuit Boards Glossary: Design,Fabrication and Assembly

by Licky Li October 29, 2024

Acceptance TestAccepted Quality Level (AQL)Access HolesAccuracyAcrylic ResinActivatingAdditive ProcessAdhesion LayersAdhesiveAgingAir GapAlgorith...

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PCB Design Skills: Packaging and Components

by Licky Li October 29, 2024

The choice of components and the size of the PCB are interdependent. Therefore, when choosing the right components for rigid flexible printed circu...

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The Issues of Safety Spacing in PCB Design

by Licky Li October 29, 2024

We will encounter various safety spacing issues in ordinary PCB design, such as the spacing between vias and pads, the spacing between traces and t...

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TOP 10 FREE PCB DESIGN SOFTWARE

by Licky Li October 29, 2024

1. Autodesk Eagle Eagle is arguably one of the most well know schematics and PCB design software. Formerly known as Cadsoft Eagle, but now called A...

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Top 10 Tips for High Speed PCB Design

by Licky Li October 29, 2024

The Top 10 Tips to Make Your First High Speed PCB Design Project a Success It wasn’t that long ago when the word “high speed” didn’t exist in the v...

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PCB Impedance Control

by Licky Li October 29, 2024

HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL PCBS IMPEDANCE CONTROL The high end electronic products are extensively manufactured in different parts of world in specia...

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PCB Design Basics & Steps

by Licky Li October 29, 2024

PCB and Flex Design Basics A printed circuit board (PCB) is a flat plate or base of insulating materials that contains a pattern of conducting mate...

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13 Basic Rules Of PCB Layout

by Licky Li October 29, 2024

1. According to the circuit module layout, the relevant circuit for realizing the same function is called one module, and the components in the ...

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8 Design Tips for High Frequency(HF) Core PCB Board

by Licky Li October 29, 2024

The goal of core board design is to be smaller, faster, and less costly. Since the interconnection point is the weakest link in the circuit ch...

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Reducing undetected PCB collisions

by Licky Li October 29, 2024

Reducing undetected PCB collisions... When placing parts on a PCB layout, we are most often placing components that have no interface to the outsid...

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