Timeline for Is it possible to create new footprints and integrate additional components into an already manufactured PCB?
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| May 15 at 22:15 | vote | accept | condor12 | ||
| May 12 at 18:09 | comment | added | Dave Tweed | Well, we're using these because the chips we're using have leads on 0.05" centers, and we also needed through-hole connections. But you can get similar boards that are just arrays of SMT pads if that's all you need. Just cut a piece to the size you need and glue that down (cyanoacrylate is fine) and then solder your components and wires to it. | |
| May 12 at 15:41 | comment | added | condor12 | @DaveTweed Hello. Apologies for the delay in responding. Could I cut a custom copper pad from a blank PCB board and glue it onto the board I need? This is only for soldering small SDM resistors and capacitors, it is not power electronics. I have seen that some people use cynoacrylate/loctite/superglue, but my question is if it will resist the heat when soldering it. | |
| May 10 at 10:48 | comment | added | SteveSh | That's interesting. Most of the places I've seen those kind of piggy-back boards used has been in power supplies, usually because the chosen/designed in part would not past muster with our supply chain. | |
| May 10 at 0:55 | comment | added | Dave Tweed | @SteveSh: As it happens, I have a board right now on which we had to swap out one voltage regulator for another one with an incompatible footprint. We're hand-wiring an adapter board into a few prototypes so that software development and design verification can continue while a respin is in progress. | |
| May 9 at 23:52 | comment | added | SteveSh | We use this technique, but only on a prototype or early production board. Eventually, we almost always have to update the artwork and build a new board. | |
| May 9 at 22:02 | history | edited | Dave Tweed | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 9 at 21:23 | history | answered | Dave Tweed | CC BY-SA 4.0 |