Why Consider Using Through Hole Printed Circuit Boards?

Blank printed circuit boards

Why Consider Using Through Hole Printed Circuit Boards? In the printed circuit board business, there are two primary ways to mount components onto the circuit board: through-hole mounting and surface mounting. Through-hole mounting is the older technology and requires the circuit board manufacturer to drill holes through the PCB and place leads into the holes. … Read moreWhy Consider Using Through Hole Printed Circuit Boards?

What You Can Learn About a Vendor By Its Previous Customers

Circuit Boards

What You Can Learn About a Vendor By Its Previous Customers Working with a brand new vendor can be risky. So can working with a vendor that hasn’t taken on a client as big or as demanding as you. After all, you don’t want to be the company that forces your vendor to confront brand … Read moreWhat You Can Learn About a Vendor By Its Previous Customers

Applications of Flexible Circuits

Flexible Rigid Circuit Boards

Flexible Circuits are frequently used as connectors in different applications where flexibility, space savings, or construction constraints limit the service capability of rigid circuit boards or hand wiring. In LCD fabrication, glass is used as a substrate. If thin, flexible plastic or metal foil is used as the substrate instead, the whole system can be … Read moreApplications of Flexible Circuits

Common Terms for PCB Assembly Services

Printed Circuit

What the Heck Is Your PCB Vendor Talking About? – Common Terms for PCB Assembly Every industry has its established lingo, which helps its members communicate more efficiently. If you are on the outside looking in, however, it can seem like they are speaking a foreign tongue. This becomes a problem when you need to … Read moreCommon Terms for PCB Assembly Services

Electronic SMT Assembly Soldering

In-Mold-Labeling

When creating “mixed technology” printed circuit board (pcb) assemblies, once all the surface mount technology (SMT) devices are in place, there are a variety of approaches available for attaching the plated through hole (PTH) components. Traditionally these have included either an operator soldering PTH devices by hand, or utilizing automated equipment known as a wave … Read moreElectronic SMT Assembly Soldering

Why Add Acrylic Conformal Coating to Your Printed Circuit Boards

conformal coating masking

Acrylic resins (AR) are single component materials. To specify, they are preformed acrylic polymers that are dissolved in a solvent to be applied to surfaces. One main benefit of using an Acrylic conformal coating service on your electronics is it provides an excellent barrier to moisture/humidity and have good fungus resistance. They also have minimal … Read moreWhy Add Acrylic Conformal Coating to Your Printed Circuit Boards

Automated Optical Inspection Speeds Up Our Turnaround

Printed Circuit Boards With Mounted and Soldered Components

Automated Optical Inspection Speeds Up Our Turnaround In a perfect world, you would be able to put in an order for new printed circuit boards months in advance. Your vendor would send them to you with plenty of time to spare so that you could inspect everything. However, in the real world, clients often find … Read moreAutomated Optical Inspection Speeds Up Our Turnaround

What is a PCB Silkscreen on Printed Circuit Boards?

Circuit Boards

What is a PCB Silkscreen on Printed Circuit Boards? Were you one of those kids who loved to take apart every electronic thing in your house? If so, you’ve probably pulled out your fair share of green printed circuit boards. It’s cool to hold them and to run your fingers over all their little metallic … Read moreWhat is a PCB Silkscreen on Printed Circuit Boards?

How RoHS-Compliant PCB Assembly Services are Different from Assembly Services?

RoHS-Compliant PCB Assembly Services

With everyone’s increasing concerns on the over usage of hazardous materials in the electronic and electrical products and their environmental impact, there have been several stricter regulations being imposed by the leading governmental organizations across the world. The RoHS compliance is one of those important regulations that is currently being imposed on the utilization of … Read moreHow RoHS-Compliant PCB Assembly Services are Different from Assembly Services?