PCBWay Sep 21,2020 888

Layout In Pcbnew --- Part 2

Pcbnew is KiCad’s layout editor. Think of it as a drawing program that is specifically designed for drawing printed circuit boards. Pick up a PCB and, and try to identify and list its most important a...

footprint toolbar menus Pcbnew layout PCB Kicad pcb design

PCBWay Sep 14,2020 1501

Layout in Pcbnew --- Part 1

Pcbnew is KiCad’s layout editor. Think of it as a drawing program that is specifically designed for drawing printed circuit boards. Pick up a PCB and, and try to identify and list its most important a...

layout pcbnew pcb kicad pcb design toolbar footprint

PCBWay Sep 09,2020 2893

Manual panelizing of PCBs with tabs and mouse bites in Kicad

Here is a way of panelizing PCBs with tabs and mouse bites in Kicad shared by Sayanee Basu.The example KiCad project is iCEBreaker FPGA1.Panelization footprintOpen up the footprint editor, decide whic...

pcb panelizing tabs mouse bites Kicad

PCBWay Aug 04,2020 685

Board for building robots --------3DoT Board

As an hardware focused Group, Humans for Robots develops a new expansion dock for the 3DoT Board. The 3DoT Board is the brain, power, and controller of any robot - all on a 35 x 70 mm PCB, It can get ...

3DoT Board robots community mode Bluetooth Arduino Open source hardware microcontroller

PCBWay Aug 03,2020 3898

PCB Design - Eight PCB Marks You May See And Never know What They Are Before

If you’re an electronics hobbyist and you hold a new PCB with your bare hands, usually you will spend several minuets staring at it. You want to capture all the art behind it and to see if there is an...

PCB Design PCB Marks Stamp Holes Types of Holes Solder Thief Pad Fiducial Marks Slots

PCBWay Jun 24,2020 2210

How to avoid the negative effects of vias in high-speed PCB design

The basic concept of viasVia is an important part of multilayer PCB. The cost of drilling usually accounts for 30% to 40% of the cost of PCB. Simply put, each hole on the PCB can be called via. From a...

Blind Vias Buried Via Through Hole High Speed PCB

PCBWay Mar 26,2020 1786

Controlling EMI Radiation with PCB Layered Stack-up

There are many ways to solve EMI problems. Modern EMI suppression methods include: using EMI suppression coatings, selecting appropriate EMI suppression parts, and EMI simulation design. This article ...

EMI Radiation，Stack-up PCB layout Electricity Busbar

PCBWay Mar 18,2020 1375

How to Ensure PCB Design Signal Integrity？

Signal integrity (SI) refers to the quality of the signal on the signal line, that is, the ability of the signal to respond with the correct timing and voltage in the circuit. If the signal in the cir...

Signal Integrity Crosstalk， Stack-up

PCBWay Jan 16,2020 1984

Stack-up Design in PCB

In general, PCB stack-up design mainly follows two rules:1. Each trace layer must have an adjacent reference layer (power or ground layer);2. Maintain a minimum distance between the adjacent main powe...

EMI Stack-up

PCBWay Jan 15,2019 1584

Anti-interference Technology in PCB Design

Introduction:With the development of the society and the progress of science and technology, electronic products are on the increase, the kinds of content is becoming more and more complex, the struct...

PCBWay Dec 14,2018 2013

Some Points of PCB Design (1)

Introduction:Electronic products fill our work and life. The reasonable design of printed circuit board will directly affect the efficiency of electronic products. Whether the design of grounding, the...

PCBWay Dec 06,2018 1975

PI and PDN in High-Speed and High-Density PCBs

Introduction:One of the signs of the development of digital IC technology is that the feature size of transistors becomes smaller and smaller. With the continuous progress of very deep submicrometer t...

PI， Power Integrity， PDN， PDN (Power Distribution/Delivery Network

PCBWay Nov 23,2018 1362

Design of Rectangular Sheet Type Component Solder Pad

Abstract:Thought the design software has been very advanced and convenient, and has been improving fast, it can’t satisfy all the designer, especially no solder pad library responding to all kinds of ...

PCBWay Nov 19,2018 2360

PCB Layout and The requirements of The Drawing of Pads

Introduction:In SMT production process, the layout of PCB and the pattern of component solder pad are very important to production efficiency and product quality. Through long-term practice, it is fou...

PCB Layout PCB Design

PCBWay Nov 16,2018 1278

The Purpose of PCB Design

Introduction:The purpose of any design is to be able to manufacture successfully and effectively. The design is ineffective if it is divorced from the purpose. PCB design is also for better achieve an...

PCB Design

PCBWay Nov 01,2018 7076

High Frequency PCB Layout Techniques

Introduction:The components are developing towards high speed, low consumption, small volume and high anti-interference. PCB design is an important stage of electronic product design. It can realize t...

PCBWay Oct 30,2018 5160

How to Design a PCB Panel for Less Money?

Introduction:PCB panel is a combination of several PCB unit boards with various possible connection modes, as shown in the figures below.Typical, when a hardware designer a PCB, he considers the elect...

panel

PCBWay Sep 28,2018 2852

Problems Encountered in PCB Design and Their Solutions

Brief Introduction:The improvement of hardware of electronic products often takes a long time, and the major problem is often the focus of solution. But it's the small, trivial issues that ul...

PCB Design rectifier diode 1. Voltage - resistant protection electromagnetic interference pads

PCBWay Sep 14,2018 3608

ESD Inhibition Criteria in PCB Design

Introduction:Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is the sudden flow of electricity between two electrically charged objects caused by contact, an electrical short, or dielectric breakdown. A buildup of...

ESD PCB design Electrostatic discharge Charge Injection

PCBWay Mar 28,2018 3592

The depth and width of the v-cuts/grooves

Typically the depth of the v-cut is 3/4 of the thickness of the board. So if you want to do v-cuts we recommend the center of the v-cut line to any traces. Please bear this in mind when designin...