Eight Engineering Guides For PCB Buyers And Designers
Layer count, surface finishes, thermal management, flexible circuit design, trace and space rules, tolerances and what to send with an enquiry. Every capability figure quoted comes from our published capacity tables.
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Design guides, material guides, process guides, comparisons and buying guides. Each one links to the catalogue boards it applies to.
Layer count is the single decision that most affects the price and the electrical behaviour of a board. This guide sets out when two layers ...
Three surface finishes cover almost every board we build. Choosing between them is not a quality decision, it is a fitness decision: each on...
When a board runs hot the usual fixes are a bigger heatsink or a bigger enclosure. A metal core board attacks the problem earlier by changin...
Flexible circuits fail in ways rigid boards do not: creases in the wrong place, copper fatigue at a fold, tails that buckle in a connector. ...
Design rules are usually set once and copied between projects. That is fine until a board needs to shrink, at which point it matters exactly...
Most quote delays are caused by missing information rather than by difficult boards. This is the list of what we need, why each item matters...
A capability table is a list of numbers until you know which failure each one prevents. This walks through the rigid PCB tolerances we publi...
Who buys the components changes the price, the lead time and where the risk sits. Neither model is better in general. This sets out what eac...
About These Guides
Who are these guides written for?
Design engineers choosing a stack-up or a finish, and buyers deciding what to send with an enquiry. They are not marketing pieces.
Where do the capability figures come from?
From the rigid, aluminium and flexible capacity tables published by the company. Nothing in these guides invents a number.
Can you review my design against these guides?
Yes. Send the files with your enquiry and we will check them against the published capability before tooling.
How often are new guides added?
New guides are added as questions come up repeatedly. Tell us what is missing and it will go on the list.
Ask Us Something These Guides Do Not Cover
Send the question and the files. Answers come from the people who run the plant rather than from a sales script.