Mastering the Curve: Layout Strategies for FPC Bend Radius and Reliability

Mastering the Curve: Layout Strategies for FPC Bend Radius and Reliability

Learn how early layout evaluation and system planning can help ensure long-term reliability for flexible printed circuits.


PCBs by Li Lin, Tigees
CERN Releases Open-Source KiCad Component Library with 17,000 Parts

CERN Releases Open-Source KiCad Component Library with 17,000 Parts

Hardware developers can now access CERN’s free KiCad component library with 17,000 verified PCB symbols and footprints for KiCad 9...


Why PVC Remains a Go-To Material for Electronics Enclosures and Equipment Mounts

Why PVC Remains a Go-To Material for Electronics Enclosures and Equipment Mounts

For electronics system developers and DIY hobbyists, PVC is a cost-effective material that is easy to machine and resistant to...


Advanced protoboard layout with 1.27mm pitch for smd parts

Advanced protoboard layout with 1.27mm pitch for smd parts

Main Features Plated through holes in standard 2.54mm raster like on traditional protoboard Pads for smd parts in 1.27mm raster in between SOIC parts...


PCBs by mixos
UV Exposure Box Project with timer

UV Exposure Box Project with timer

This is a nice build of a small UV exposure box using UV LEDs and Arduino by Elias Zacarias.


PCBs by mixos
20 Input AND Gate

20 Input AND Gate

SyncChannelBlog @ oshpark.com writes: What to do when you have a partial reel of 74AHCT08 chips burning a hole in your pocket?


PCBs by mixos
How to Route Differential Pairs

How to Route Differential Pairs

Sam Sattel @ autodesk.com discuss about the benefits of differential signals and how to route them in Eagle.


PCBs by mixos
Fiducial Marks in PCBs – What they are?

Fiducial Marks in PCBs – What they are?

In the past, I’ve always seen small circuits of copper with no silk screen or solder mask on top of it and as a PCB designer I h...


PCBs by Yahya Tawil
PCB Design for manufacture [PDF]

PCB Design for manufacture [PDF]

SeeedStudio has published a PCB design manual to help makers and engineers design better PCBs.


PCBs by mixos
Castellated PCB Edges

Castellated PCB Edges

@ oshpark.com: Castellations are small plated edges, typically used for making circuit boards into small pcb modules.


PCBs by mixos
A simple and reliable programming & test jig

A simple and reliable programming & test jig

Pieter @ piconomix.com tipped us with his latest build.


PCBs by mixos
Panelizing made easy in Eagle

Panelizing made easy in Eagle

Sjaak shared a tip for panelizing PCB boards in Eagle: Panelizing is done by machining a slot between two or more boards, but...


PCBs Software by mixos