Questions tagged [production]
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JLPCB Design Rules for Altium CircuitMaker
What is the right design rules from JLCPCB?
When I look at the electrical clearance from JLCPCB, I find:
Via to Via (Same net labels): 0.254mm
Hole to hole (Different net labels): 0.5mm
Pad to pad (...
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Gerber files sequence [closed]
I have the following Gerber files from the manufacturer for order confirmation. As I inspected them, I have inferred that the order of the copper layers from top to bottom are tl, l3, l2 and bl. But ...
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Sensor types in bread production
What is the name of these two sensors and what function do they perform?
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Use-Cases for a "Silicon Serial Number" IC
I recently came across this Silicon Serial Number IC.
Now, I understand the purpose and usefulness of serial numbers in products.
However, I don't understand why one would not simply place a serial ...
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What would be a good way to program an MCU in a mid sized (few hundred) batch?
I'm looking to have a few hundred boards made and they all have an MCU on them, that will need programming. With large scale production, it seems the way to go is usually programming the IC/MCU before ...
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Development board's charging unit in a custom PCB production
This question would be more appropriate for a lawyer, but maybe some of you from product manufacturing departments already know the answer.
Development boards like Adafruit HUZZAH32 ESP32 have an ...
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How old is too old for BGA chips soldering
I need to buy a batch of UFGBA100 STM32 MCUs from a Chinese broker. I'm concerned that in the quote they specified that the chips will have a date code 19+ (4 years old). How can this affect ...
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How to add 2 or 3 parallel Li-ion cells to my custom PCB
I've tinkered with electronics and components for quite some time now, but I'm kind of a noob when it comes to taking things to "production".
I've this project using an ESP12-E, powered by 2 ...
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What kind of displays and processors are used in consumer electronic products (like a coffee machine)? [closed]
I am presently working on the development of a smart kitchen appliance, which will eventually be sold in the market. As part of this project, I need to incorporate a touch display for the operation of ...
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How to ramp up a factory consuming a lot of energy?
Can you please explain how to manage the process of ramping up a factory with a big electric consumption?
I am wondering how it is possible to balance the grid during the start up phase of a big power ...
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Is this a functional and reliable Reverse polarity protection?
Guys, I am trying here to design a UPS controlling board, I designed this circuit and it was to some extent functional and it draws approximately 16mA - 20mA (I don't want to use the traditional one ...
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Best LCD for mass production
I'm designing a PCB that will be manufactured in small batches (a few hundreds). It will have a segment LCD with electronic components under it. I cannot choose between two form factors - with SMD ...
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Do EMC test houses typically accept copper foil in EUT?
Working with small volume product and tight schedule it might become an option to pass EMI limits by use of copper/aluminium foil on inside of enclosure. What is your experience with the labs on this ...
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What attenuator to use for using HackRF one to simulate GPS for in production testing?
I am trying to use the HackRF One to simulate GPS to test devices in a production environment. I am currently able to get the GPS signal on my GPS receiver that I am testing, but the signal is much ...
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Include UUIDs in embedded firmware image
I do have firmware for an embedded device, which has several UUIDs in flash. The UUIDs have to change for every controller flashed in production. There is no EEProm available - only flash.
I'm ...
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Washing of an IC
Can someone tell me what is the information regarding the process of washing the device during production?
This question is with respect to the Microchip LAN8741A
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Can I trust a variable voltage step down converter to hold at a fixed voltage
I need a 70 watt capable 76 volt DC-DC supply. I cannot seem to find any readily available on the market, so I considering buying a step down converter such as the one pictured below and setting it to ...
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Using other boards than PCB for commercial electronics products
If one solders entire circuit components (such as resistors, caps, opamps) a board as in the following photo:
Is this type of interfacing legal for commercial products? I'm wondering if there is any ...
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Surface Treatment choice for edge connector
So I have an edge connector that according to Alibaba Chinese salesman has tin-plated terminals (datasheet a bit unclear).
I am making a product where I am inserting a PCB into an edge connector and I ...
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What is the meaning of the number after the comma in the product page? (e.g. BC547C,215)
Relevant links from Mouser and Digi-key:
https://mouser.com/ProductDetail/Nexperia/BC847C235?qs=me8TqzrmIYWk6FelXF%2FgZA%3D%3D
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/nexperia-usa-inc/BC847CW-135/...
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When these prototype devices become commercialised/productionised, how is the signal processing aspect of the oscilloscope built in to the device? [closed]
I read a lot of research papers that use large and expensive equipment, such as oscilloscopes, to do their signal processing. Oscilloscopes offer high sampling rate and bandwidth, which makes them ...
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THT components reliability and advantages for small scale production [closed]
Examining this question in the "manufacturing of not consumer electronics".
I'm looking for an opinion by others about some statements that I take for correct.
Are THT components in general ...
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Maximum Typical and minimum into datasheets. What is the distribution?
What is the probability of having a component with the minimum and maximum specified value into the datasheet ?
I suppose this follow a normal law and the typical value is the mean :
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How to determine if conventional electronics circuit is a better choice over a MCU?
I am a software engineer and have limited experience with conventional circuitry. Recently, I have built a prototype device that uses an Arduino Uno, a Bluetooth module, an array of temperature/...
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What does "Not recommended for new designs" mean in an ATtiny datasheet?
I am making my own circuit and I am using ATtiny10-TS8R (I couldn't buy any another type for now), but I found (6) in the datasheet on the part I want to use:
As noted in point (6), it says "Not ...
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Need help determining if a component is acceptable for use in a production design
For the sake of not going too broad, I am only referring to this single OLED LCD board component from Newegg being used directly within a prototype device that I have designed. My end goal is to take ...
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Need help understanding how motors, sensors and other components of a prototype design factor into certifications for industry sale [closed]
I have built a prototype and I now need to create a production prototype that I can use as my template for a small 10-15 product unit batch order. I am in the United States where I plan to market ...
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How critical is it to declare the manufacturer part number for a component within the BOM?
I've never seen a BOM that explicitly declares manufacturer part numbers for the components (except the obvious ones, like a microcontroller) in any kind of circuit schematics. According to my ...
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Padding between USB and panel
Our product has a hole on the metal panel for the USB2.0 type B port. However, due to the mechanic size variation, on some panels, the USB connector can't touch the panel at all. As indicated in the ...
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Evaluation kits explained
I am new to electronics and have been seeing a lot of so-called "evaluation kits" for certain MCUs. For example this Atmel SAM R21 Xplained Pro kit claims to be: "a hardware platform to ...
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