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Half-etched fiducials Vs through-cut fiducials

While making PCB, I added 8 fiducials (fids) marks so that pick and place machines use these marks as referent points on the PCB to position the surface mount components (Packages) during assembly. ...
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How do PCB fabrication houses make PCBs?

I know the different ways of making PCBs at home, but I can't seem to find a lot of information on how board houses professionally make their PCBs. Is this how they do it?: http://www.youtube.com/...
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Automatic serial number on a PCB

Imagine you're printing 10 PCBs and you want each PCB to have its own serial number, but you want to add the serial numbers automatically from Kicad. Is this possible or not? Does it depend on the ...
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From what pitch should I consider ENIG finish

My design (4-layer, FR4, 1.6mm) has a couple of ICs with 0.5mm pitch pads and some LEDs with 0.4mm pitch pads, very small LEDs. Should I consider ENIG (more expensive) or will HASL do the job? I read ...
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