To Panelize or Not to Panelize – That is the Question
The majority of board manufacturers create boards in large panels. These panels can include different designs or simply one design repeated many...
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Breaking Out the BGAs
Ball grid array devices are, without question, an increasingly important aspect of printed circuit board design. While their benefits are numerous, they present the unique challenge of requiring an enormous amount of traces to originate in a small area...
Reflow Soldering: Better Than Easy-Bake
Desktop or even home-made reflow ovens are becoming much more common in the tech world for both DIYers and small start-ups. The overall concept of reflow soldering is simple: put a pre-assembled board with some solder paste into an oven and bake it until...
Don’t Lose Your Cool: Important Ways to Approach Heat Management
When you watch a movie on your laptop, the fan almost immediately starts to sound like a jet engine, and feels warm enough to start a...
PCB Finishes
There are many parts of a circuit board—the laminate that creates the foundation for the entire board, the copper traces that do the work, the solder mask to make soldering easier, and the silkscreen to convey ideas, words, and images to the end...
Proto Labs adds medical-grade liquid silicone rubber to its moldable materials list
Proto Labs Inc. has introduced medical-grade liquid silicone rubber (LSR) material to its quick-turn injection molding...
