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HDI PCB Layout and Basic HDI Design Guidelines

HDI PCB Layout and Basic HDI Design Guidelines

Clearly, the need to accommodate fine pitch components or simply a higher density of components is what motivates the need for HDI designs. Traces ...

Top 10 Points You Must Pay Attention to with Your PCB Copy Board

Top 10 Points You Must Pay Attention to with Your PCB Copy Board

Printed Circuit Boards are essential gadgets in all electronic devices. Regardless of whether the said gadgets are for domestic or industrial purpo...

9 Steps to implement PCB Reverse Engineering

9 Steps to implement PCB Reverse Engineering

The current main technology for PCB reverse engineering is relatively simple by taking the reversing steps below: ​ 1. Remove all the components an...

10 PCB Design Tips

10 PCB Design Tips

1. Set Widths of The Trace Before Doing PCB Design Even before you start routing nets or laying down parts, you have to understand your tra...

Basic PCB Design Rules You Should Know

Basic PCB Design Rules You Should Know

Circuit design rules Wiring is the most important process in the entire PCB design. This will directly affect the performance of the PCB board. If ...

Top 3 Tips for Dissipating Heat in PCB design

Top 3 Tips for Dissipating Heat in PCB design

  FIG. 1 PCB design with out-of-control heat management Tip 1: Add Heat Sinks, Pipes, Cooling Fans or Radiators to High Heat Generating Devices I...

Positive ground triumph wiring diagram

Positive ground triumph wiring diagram

DC Analysis and Power Integrity in PCB Design

DC Analysis and Power Integrity in PCB Design

Why Use DC Analysis? Every electronics student unknowingly performs DC analysis in their Electronics 101 classes when they analyze circuit diagrams...

Analog vs. Digital PDN Impedance: How to Design for Each Signal

Analog vs. Digital PDN Impedance:  How to Design for Each Signal

Analog vs. Digital PDN Impedance and Bandwidth The primary difference between PDN impedance behavior in analog and digital systems is bandwidth. Th...

What is a Circuit Schematic?

What is a Circuit Schematic?

What is a Circuit Schematic? A circuit schematic shows a component-level view of your electronic system. Components can appear as individual blocks...

8 Steps to Explain a Perfect Aluminum PCB Manufacturing Process

8 Steps to Explain a Perfect Aluminum PCB Manufacturing Process

I) Cut Lamination 1. The process of Cut Lamination Picking – Sheets Cutting 2. The purpose of Cut Lamination Cut large sizes of incoming material...

The Impedance of FPC Circuit Board

The Impedance of FPC Circuit Board

1. Characteristic Impedance In electronic information products such as computers and wireless communications, the energy transmitted in the circuit...