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PCB Design Needs Of Our 5 Mistakes To Be Avoided

by Licky Li

PCB Design Needs Of Our 5 Mistakes To Be Avoided

The latest innovative design tool and advanced manufacturing techniques enable the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturers to lower their product...
Posted in PCB design

HDI PCB Layout and Basic HDI Design Guidelines

by Marketing PCB HERO

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 ...
Posted in design, HDI PCB, PCB design

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

by Licky Li

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...
Posted in PCB, PCB design, PCB fabrication, PCB manufacturing, reverse engineer, Reverse Engineering

9 Steps to implement PCB Reverse Engineering

by Licky Li

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...
Posted in PCB design, PCB fabrication, pcba, Reverse Engineering

10 PCB Design Tips

by Marketing PCB HERO

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...
Posted in design, PCB design

Basic PCB Design Rules You Should Know

by Licky Li

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 ...
Posted in PCB design, PCB layout

Top 3 Tips for Dissipating Heat in PCB design

by Licky Li

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...
Posted in PCB design

DC Analysis and Power Integrity in PCB Design

by Licky Li

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...
Posted in design, PCB design, PCB layout

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

by Licky Li

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...
Posted in Impedance, PCB design

What is a Circuit Schematic?

by Licky Li

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...
Posted in PCB design, PCB layout, Schematic to PCB

8 Steps to Explain a Perfect Aluminum PCB Manufacturing Process

by Licky Li

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...
Posted in Aluminum Printed Circuit Board, PCB, PCB design, PCB fabrication

How to Measure Impedance Using the Circuit Impedance Formula?

by Licky Li

How to Measure Impedance Using the Circuit Impedance Formula?

What is the Importance of Impedance Matching in a Circuit Board?The traces of circuit board function as transmission lines with certain impedance v...
Posted in Impedance, Impedance Control PCB, PCB design, PCB Impedance Matching