PCB Assembly and Production Process

Within a printed circuit board electronics assembly / production or manufacturing process there are a number of individual stages. However it is necessary for them all to work together to form an integrated overall process. Each stage of assembly and production must be compatible with the next, and t...

Excellent PCB Assemblers Manufacturer Introduction

Today, electronic gadgets like computers, cell phones and multi-media players are ubiquitous. All of these electronic gadgets use one or more printed circuit boards inside them. Each printed circuit board contains multiple discrete devices properly placed on it and connected together to implement the...

PCB Assembly Overview

The assembly of printed circuit boards is a multiple step process that includes surface mount technology (SMT) and through hole technology. In through hole assembly processes, the component leads are placed onto the board and the leads are soldered via a wave soldering process. Some SMT components ca...

Common PCB Manufacturing Process

Photoworks First of all the plots are made and Photoplots are developed according to the data supplied by the customer. The necessary Gerber data is extracted from the customer's pcb design. (Eagle, Protel, Target etc.) Material Preparation The copper-clad panels along with the drill entry materia...

The Top 9 Issues that Cause Bad Prototypes

Engineering teams are constantly challenged to speed product development with fewer internal resources. As a prototype assembly house we are regularly called upon to fix issues driven by compressed product development cycles and thought it would be valuable to create a “Top nine” checklist of iss...

Multi-layer PCB Manufacturing

Photoworks First of all the plots are made and Photoplots are developed according to the data supplied by the customer. The necessary Gerber data is extracted from the customer's files (Eagle, Protel, Target etc.) Resist laminating Under extreme temperatures and pressures the internal layers are l...

Breadboard Limitations

For all of its versatility, the breadboard does have some key limitations which can cause problems when prototyping electronics. The spring contacts used are typically rates for 5 watts (1 Amp at 5 Volts or 333mA at 15 Volts). When the power level grows to beyond 5 watts, then the low melting tempera...

Breadboard Types

Perf Boards Most breadboards use a series of spaced holes or inputs in a grid with 0.100" spacing and the standard perf board is no exception. Unlike the typical white solderless breadboard, a perf board is a PCB board with a series of holes to allow components and wires to be inserted and soldered ...

Breadboard Evolution

Breadboard was designed by Ronald J Portugal of EI Instruments Inc. in 1971. In the early days of radio, amateurs would nail bare copper wires or terminal strips to a wooden board (often literally a cutting board for bread) and solder electronic components to them. Sometimes a paper schematic diagra...

Breadboard Overview

A breadboard also known as protoboard is a type of solderless electronic circuit building. You can build a electronic circuit on a breadboard without any soldering ! Best of all it is reusable. It is a construction base for a one-of-a-kind electronic circuit, a prototype. In modern times the term is ...