PCB - FAQ & Co.

Here you can find several frequently asked questions and answers about our printed circuit boards. You may browse through the categories or use the search. If your question remains unanswered, please contact us by email, phone or contact form. We will reply you as soon as possible.

FAQ:

1. Mechanical Processing
   1. Drilling
   2. V-cut / Scoring
   3. Routing
      1. Why is it necessary to maintain a clearance between copper areas and the routing outline?

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      2. Is it possible to create rectangular routings and what is the minimum radius of inner routings?

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      3. Is it possible to deliver board specifications with user-defined routing outlines?

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      4. Is it possible to tile several boards so that they may be crafted and charged as a multi-panel?

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      5. Is it possible to fabricate multiple boards within one panel?

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      6. Is it possible to carry out inner routings and are they included in the online price calculation?

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      7. Is it possible to carry out plated-through routings and are they included in the online price calculation?

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      8. Which types of milling heads can be applied?

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      9. Why do narrow routings require additional efforts during the production process?

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      10. What is packaging?

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      11. What is nibbling?

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      12. Is it possible to apply multiple offset interleaving drill-holes instead of routed slots?

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      13. Is it possible to cut costs by punching out the boards?

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2. Chemical Processing
3. Solder Mask
4. Surface Finish
5. Silk Print
6. Base Materials
7. RoHS/WEEE
8. E-Test
9. Panel Production
10. Tolerances

Additional information about Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs):

• wikipedia.org
  Online Encyclopedia - Topic PCBs
• www.vde.com
  VDE - Verband Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e.V.
• www.vdi.de
  VDI - Verein deutscher Ingenieure
• www.vdlev.org
  VDL - Verband der Leiterplattenindustrie
• www.zvei.de
  ZVEI - Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e.V.
• www.leuze-verlag.de
  Leuze Verlag - Literature about PCBs and PCB production
• www.elektronikpraxis.vogel.de
  Elektronik Praxis - Magazine covering electronics in general and news in the PCB production industry.
• www.elektor.de
  Elektor - Electronics Magazine with manuals and layouts for home made PCBs and PCBAs
• www.ibfriedrich.com (Target 3001)
  The Engineering office Friedrich has been developing layout and CAD software for PCB design and Application Oriented Special Integrated Circuits (ASICs) since 1989.
• www.cadsoft.de
  CadSoft offers user-friendly, powerful, and inexpensive solutions for PCB designs including circuit diagrams, layouts, and autorouting routines.
• http://news.google.de/news
  Worldwide news about Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)