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Basic Electronic Components – Types, Functions, Symbols

by Lily Zhang March 03, 2022

Types of Electronic Components These are of 2 types: Passive and Active Components.Both these types of components can be either Through-Hole or SM...

Posted in Components Sourcing, IC, Transformer

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Ball Grid Array (BGA) advantages disadvantages and its types

by Lily Zhang February 28, 2022

Ball Grid Array (BGA) and Types: Today most of the electronic gadgets, equipment and many hand held electronic devices are extensively using miniat...

Posted in BGA, Components Sourcing, IC

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What is air gap construction method in rigid-flex boards?

by Lily Zhang February 28, 2022

To address the reliability issues of rigid-flex PCB, IPC has developed a construction method known as air gap construction. 6 layer rigid-flex PCB...

Posted in BGA, Flexible PCB, FPC, FPC Flexible PCB, rigid-flex pcb

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What is a BGA package?

by Lily Zhang February 28, 2022

BGA is the abbreviation of Ball Grid Array. This, in a general form, is an array of small sized / tiny metallic conductor balls that are arranged ...

Posted in BGA, IC

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13 Common PCB Soldering Problems to Avoid

by Lily Zhang February 24, 2022

Hand soldering has always been considered a hallmark skill to have in every electronics maker’s repertoire of geeky skills. Soldering has never bee...

Posted in HDI PCB, PCB, PCB design, PCB fabrication, soldering

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Avoiding the 7 Most Common PCB Assembly Defects

by Lily Zhang February 18, 2022

Why Do Circuit Boards Fail PCB Assembly? For prototyping, low-volume, and high-volume production, PCB assembly is an important stage of manufacturi...

Posted in MCPCB, PCB, PCB design, PCB fabrication, pcba, smt, soldering

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