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Electronics Manufacturing Engineers: What needs to meet IPC-6012 the finished copper or the starting copper foil?
I have a PCB that has a finished copper thickness of 1 oz on all layers and must meet IPC-6012 requirements for Class 2.
Does this mean that the manufacturer can start with 0.5 oz copper foil then ...
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Environmentally sustainable electronics
I am part of my company's work to become more environmentally friendly and sustainable. On a high level for the company that means pursuing ISO certifications (such as ISO 14001) and working according ...
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Placing through hole and SMT on the same side
I have a design with huge push buttons (with 6 TH holes.)
There's a few of them so they do take up quite a bit of space mechanically from the top.
I was thinking of placing the majority of the SMT ...
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What exactly makes small quantity PCB production costly compared to large quantity PCB production?
The per-PCB cost of manufacturing a small number of PCB is 10 times or more compared to the per-PCB cost of manufacturing a large number of PCBs.
So what is it exactly that adds to the cost?
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How to Design method to Program & Calibrate a Panel of PCBs
I'm designing a sensor-package PCB which needs to be programmed and calibrated while still in a panel of 10.
I'd like to avoid a large bed-of-nails type setup for this step so that the panel can ...