What Factors Make SMT Advantageous in Terms of PCB Designing Services?

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Jorge Maornla

The ability to mount the circuits on both sides of a PCB and improved compactness are the reasons that have helped SMT (surface mount technology) come up as the most preferred technology in the PCB designing and production services.

The benefit of using this technology is that the components require less space. Also every single component and device is capable of performing multiple tasks. The benefits of SMT technology can be seen both in terms of designing as well as manufacturing. Surface mount technology production has improved the efficiency of several processes, which was not possible earlier.

Points to Consider Before Selecting one of the PCB Manufacturing Companies

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Jorge Maornla

Finding the most promising PCB service provider firm can be a little difficult considering there are many firms that provide these services. However, given below are some points that must be considered before you hire one-

Certification and standards: There are a number of global standards laid down by regulatory agencies. For instance IPC association is the agency that works to maintain standards which are specific to the PCB manufacturing companies in the electronics industry. Out of all those, ISO 9001:2000 certification is a crucial one which is related directly with electronic processing, manufacturing and testing. Although certification may not guarantee the quality of work, but it certainly gives assurance.

Guiding Principles for ‘PCB Traces’ Design

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Jorge Maornla

A track, trace, or also known as pathway on Process control board (PCB) is a conductive path that connects two points on the board. The pathways are imprinted from copper sheets coated on the non-conductive board surface.
These traces can be of varying widths depending upon the flow of current pass through these signal tracks.
Discussed below are some considerations when designing conducting pathways on PCBs:

Find out the standard width of signal traces for PCB design:There should be a balance of the standard size pathways used for the design. Elaborately, with too narrow traces, there are greater chances of short occurrence. On the other hand, too wide pathways limits the number of traces to be given in the given board area. This situation may force to add more board layers and attach them to each other for communications.

Determine the size for signal tracks carrying current: The conductive pathways used on printed circuit board use limited current. So they should be thin in size.

Hopefully, these guidelines will work well for your underlying PCB design project.

Few but Important Points to Keep in Mind During PCB Assembly

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Jorge Maornla

Printed circuit board is substrate containing layers of fibreglass sheet on which the conductive pathways or traces are etched.

This board is used to accumulate electronic components that support communications through these etched traces.There are number of tasks, from circuit pattern designing to etching them on board to attaching components on the substrate, to be kept in mind so reduce the PCB assembly design cost.

Mentioned below are some important things that a professional must keep in mind during printed circuit board fabrication: