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What is the Fab layer used for (PCB)?
What is the Fab layer used for in PCB design? What should it include?
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Why do some PCBs have the courtyard in the silkscreen layer?
I've seen quite a lot of PCBs which have the passive components outlined all the way in their silkscreen.
Something like this:
Here there is an outline around each passive which goes (almost) all ...
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Can Silkscreen Go Directly Onto Copper PCB Layer? (No SolderMask)
Hi I am wondering if a PCB silkscreen layer can be printed directly onto a copper layer without a solder mask. I don't see this often but I have a design for which this would be useful. Has anyone ...
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Reversed silk screening on EasyEDA
Just a quick one. I'm not sure if the text should be mirrored on the bottom layer of EasyEDA. It seems okay in the 3D preview, but when I upload the gerber to JLC their preview shows it still reversed....
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Which "silkscreen" process for home-made PCB prototypes?
For hobby and learning purposes, I do some PCBs at home, using photo-resist positive development (mainly just single/double layer).
Obviously, I realized that most professional PCBs have silkscreen ...
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Two different silkscreen colours on the same PCB
Has someone seen or used two different silkscreen colours in the same PCB? If so, can you describe the use of them or how the manufacturing process was?
Just thinking about improving the aesthetic of ...
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Altium hide component designators in fabrication ourput gerber
As the title says, is there a way to hide the component designators in the fabrication ourput in Altium AD15?
I have a very tight board with 0402 parts very close, so there is no room for the ...
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What is the typical PCB fabrication process in a professional PCB house?
I have been etching my own boards as part of my hobby interest into electronics, and I can't help but wonder how exactly is the typical printed circuit board manufactured? Unfortunately, details on ...
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Should courtyard information be included in gerber files for manufacture?
I just used 4pcb's free DFM checker and it doesn't like the fact that the courtyard line widths on my board are 1.968mils (what Altium generated in the IPC component wizard).
It's also complaining ...
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Why is "silkscreen" called that way?
Why is the set of white labels on a PCB called the "silkscreen"?
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