Adding a Logo on a PCB: Silkscreen Versus Copper Artwork A logo or a marking on a board is a small feature with a surprising number of ways to go wrong. It shares space with pads and vias, it has to survive the assembly process, and it has to be…
PCB Test Probe Maintenance: Keeping the Contact Clean Electronics manufacturing has become a discipline of small details. Solder paste volumes, placement accuracy, temperature profiles and inspection limits all add up to the final result. This guide looks at PCB test probe maintenance from the perspective of a PCBA factory floor,…
Anatomy of a Printed Circuit Board: Pads, Vias and Layer Types A printed circuit board looks like a single object, but it is a stack of different materials and a set of features that each do one job. Knowing what those features are called and what they are for makes…
PCB Fixture Pin Wear: From Prototype to Volume Production Buyers and engineers often focus on the finished product and forget the production line behind it. In practice, most field failures can be traced back to process decisions made during assembly. Understanding PCB fixture pin wear gives you a practical advantage…
PCB Panel Flatness Requirement: Key Process and Quality Checks Buyers and engineers often focus on the finished product and forget the production line behind it. In practice, most field failures can be traced back to process decisions made during assembly. Understanding PCB panel flatness requirement gives you a practical advantage…
Releasing Gerber Files and Fabrication Data to a PCB Manufacturer Releasing a board for manufacture means handing a fabricator a set of files that describe the copper, the solder mask, the legend and the holes without ambiguity. Almost every format in that set is a convention rather than a standard…
PCB Board Warpage Measurement: A Factory-Floor Review Electronics manufacturing has become a discipline of small details. Solder paste volumes, placement accuracy, temperature profiles and inspection limits all add up to the final result. This guide looks at PCB board warpage measurement from the perspective of a PCBA factory floor, covering…
PCB Solder Paste Volume Verification: Practical Process Controls Buyers and engineers often focus on the finished product and forget the production line behind it. In practice, most field failures can be traced back to process decisions made during assembly. Understanding PCB solder paste volume verification gives you a practical advantage…
Solder Paste Mask Openings on Pads: What to Open and What to Close The paste mask layer is the least examined layer in a finished design and one of the most consequential. It decides where the stencil will have an opening, and therefore where solder paste will be printed, and…
PCB Reversed Part Detection: What Buyers and Engineers Should Check Modern electronics depend on boards that are assembled correctly the first time. Every product – a phone, a charger, a medical instrument or an industrial controller – relies on thousands of solder joints that must conduct current for years. This…
