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
2. Chemical Processing
3. Solder Mask
4. Surface Finish
   1. HAL non-leaded
   2. Immersion Tin
   3. Immersion Gold (NiAu)
   4. Hard Gold (finger gold)
      1. Are the printed circuit boards (PCB) RoHS/WEEE compliant?

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      2. Are chemical nickel-gold and hard gold the same?

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      3. When is hard gold required?

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      4. Are hard gold, connector strip gold and galvanic gold the same?

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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)