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A picture shows the various "layers" in the PCB design

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A picture shows the various "layers" in the PCB design

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How to Select the Right RF PCB Material

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How to Select the Right RF PCB Material

FR4 FR4 PCB material is a popular choice among electronic component manufacturers. However, it has a variety of drawbacks, including poor fire resi...
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Back Drilling --- A special craftsmanship of control depth drilling

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Back Drilling --- A special craftsmanship of control depth drilling

What is Back Drilling? Backdrill is the process of creating vias by removing the stub in multilayered printed wiring boards, to allow signals to fl...
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Advantages of Rigid Flex

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Advantages of Rigid Flex

Rigid Flex has the advantages of rigid PCB and Flex PCB, it has smaller space occupation, better signal transmission reliability. Rigid Flex adapts...
Posted in flex, Flexible PCB, FPC Flexible PCB, PCB, PCB design, rigid-flex pcb

How to make your own ESP32 breakout board with minimal circuit

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How to make your own ESP32 breakout board with minimal circuit

Summary：       ESP32 became one of the most common MCU due to its versatile functions. In this tutorial, we will learn how to make a breakout board...
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How to Design a PCB Panel for Less Money?

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How to Design a PCB Panel for Less Money?

Introduction: PCB panel is a combination of several PCB unit boards with various possible connection modes, as shown in the figures below. Typical,...
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How to achieve PCB automatic routing efficiently?

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How to achieve PCB automatic routing efficiently?

1. Determine the number of layers of the PCB Board size and the number of routing layers need to be determined early in the design process. If the ...
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Single-Layer vs. Multi-layer PCBs

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Single-Layer vs. Multi-layer PCBs

Single-Layer vs. Multilayer PCBs: What's the Difference? You can likely guess what the significant difference is between these two types of PCBs...
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How to Get BGA Perfectly Soldered on PCBs in SMT Assembly

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How to Get BGA Perfectly Soldered on PCBs in SMT Assembly

Because BGA (Ball Grid Array) solder balls are hidden under the body, it’s quite difficult to inspect their performance. Up to now, Automated X-ray...
Posted in BGA, PCB, PCB design, PCB fabrication, PCB layout, PCB manufacturing

How to measure solder mask thickness?

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How to measure solder mask thickness?

The solder mask is an essential element in printed circuit board manufacturing. Without a quality solder mask, most printed circuit boards wouldn’t...
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7 ways to reduce your PCB cost

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7 ways to reduce your PCB cost

HOW CAN I REDUCE THE COST OF A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD? Reducing the cost of printed circuit boards is really about keeping things simple and effecti...
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PCB Layer Stackup Capabilities

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PCB Layer Stackup Capabilities

THE PURPOSE OF PCB LAYER STACKUPS A PCB stackup refers to the arrangement of copper and insulating layers that make up a PCB. These layers are arra...
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