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. Panel Production
2. Eagle
3. Design Rules
4. Layout Requirements
   1. Why is it necessary to apply text printings on copper layers?

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

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

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

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   5. Which drillings are carried out plated-through and which type of pads are applied?

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   6. Will I be informed before fabrication if any conflicts occur in the layout?

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   7. Which data formats can be used for fabricating printed circuit boards (PCB)?

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   8. What is the difference between Basic Gerber and Extended Gerber?

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   9. What are aperture lists?

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   10. Is it possible to use Basic Gerber data without aperure lists?

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   11. What are the technical difficulties that may occur in carrying out very narrow drillings?

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   12. Are films archived for later use?

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   13. Is it possible to order special multi-layer stack-ups?

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   14. Is the layout modified or adjusted before the fabrication process?

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   15. Is the fabrication data archived?

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   16. Is the raw data checked in Germany by LeitOn before fabrication in China?

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   17. Is it possible to provide LeitOn with paste data for SMD-stencils?

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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)