Eurocircuits PCB services
1. FR-4 (standard base material) pooling services
a. NAKED proto –basic prototype pooling service. Quick & dirty.
b. PCB proto –dedicated prototype pooling service.
c. STANDARD pool –widest range of pooled and non pooled options up to 16 layers
d. BINDI pool –Eurocircuits” Asian alternative with European assured quality.
2. Special base material pooling services
a. RF pool–Isola I-TERA and Rogers 4000 series materials
b. SEMI-FLEX pool–flex-to-install flex-rigid pooling service.
c. IMS pool – Insulated Metal Substrate PCBs
3. Useful information to prepare for your order
a. Download the current Eurocircuits design guidelines
b. Download our current PCB classification table
c. Explore the Eurocircuits guidelines to make panels
d. Download DRU files (Design rules) for CadSoft EAGLE users
e. Download the eC-ULP for EAGLE – start the calculation of your PCB price from within EAGLE
f. Download templates (EC design rules) for Altium designer users
g. User guide to Calculate and order with our smart PCB Calculator
4. Interesting information for electronics engineers
a. What do PCB fabricators do with your data before they make your PCB”s White paper
b. The PCB production process explained with short movies
ii. Step 02 – Front-end tool data preparation
iii. Step 03 – Preparing the phototools
iv. Step 04 – Print inner layers
v. Step 05 – Etch inner layers
vi. Step 06 – Register punch and Automated Optical Inspection (AOI)
vii. Step 07 – Lay-up and bond
viii. Step 08 – Drilling the PCB
ix. Step 09 – Electroless copper distribution
x. Step 10 – Image the outer layers
xii. Step 12 – Etch outer layers
xiii. Step 13 – Apply soldermask
xiv. Step 14 – RoHS-compliant surface finishes – electroless gold over nickel
xv. Step 15 – Plated gold edge connectors
xvi. Step 16 – Silk screen and cure
xvii. Step 17 – Profiling
xviii. Step 18 – Electrical test
xix. Step 19 – Final inspection
c. Our BLOG discusses many technical issues as well as informal information
d. Technology projects
PCB Technology
PCB Design Data
1. Ten rules to provideperfect data for PCB production
3. Front-end data preparation
a. blog – Front-end data preparation -White paper
b. blog – Eurocircuits data preparation -Analysis
c. blog – Eurocircuits data preparation – Single Image -drill data and copper image
d. blog – Eurocircuits data preparation – Single Image -other layers and outputs
e. blog – Eurocircuits data preparation – Makeproduction panels
4. PCB Multilayer standard builds
7. Eurocircuitspreferred data formats
8. Drill formats EXcellon -Sieb -Meyer
9. Data formats
a. DPF
10. Cadsoft Eagle .brd to Gerber conversion guidelines
11. blog – new Cadsoft EAGLE DRU files for EAGLE V6
12. Altium Designer design templates
13. EurocircuitsPCB design rule files for EAGLE
14. blog – webinar on data preparation
15. blog -Firmware – eletronics design digital magazine
17. Drilled holes in PCB”s- all you need to know to avoid surprises
18. Indicatingslots and contours
PCB Production
1. blog -Soldermask on via-holes in case of chemical Nickel-Gold surface finish
2. blog – Gold plating overedge connectors
3. blog – Whichsurface finish fits your design
4. blog -Bow and Twist in printed circuits
5. blog -Lean production project in Eurocircuits Kft-Eger-Hungary
User Guidelines
1) Calculate and order guidelines
i) Help available in PCB Calculator
ii) blog – Large boards and pooling
iii) Single PCB or PCB in panel
(a) Introduction to Eurocircuits standard panels
(b) Panel made by Eurocircuits based on customer panel plan
(c) Panel based on panelised files provided by customer
(2) Tips for designing and ordering panels
(a) How to panelise small PCB”s
(b) How to panelise round shaped PCB”s
(d) Influence of components on panelising
(e) Panel instructions – V-cut basics
2) Flow of orders guidelines
v) PCB Data issues ( exceptions)
eC-Solutions
eC-Prototype equipment
- Professional bench-top prototype SMD reflow equipment
- blog – Eurocircuits serving the engineering community
- blog – eC-solderstation, the next item in the eC-prototype-equipment range?
- blog – eC workshop report -reflow soldering SMD PCB Prototypes.
- blog -Hand-soldering – point by point or mini-wave technique?
eC-reflow-mate
- Starting youreC-reflow mate
- eC-reflow-mate firmware update
- Solder profiles for the eC-reflow mate
- Place a PCB in the reflow oven
- Thermal inertia – reflow oven
- Soldering with or without space holders
- Sensor controllng the temperature in the reflow oven
- Place the external sensor on the PCB
- eC-reflow-mate : external sensor versus furnace sensor
- eC-reflow-mate : external temperature sensors
- Parameter temperature correction
- eC-reflow mate :Solder curve highest temperature hold time
- eC-reflow pilot : hold time
- Door-open point for eC-reflow mate
- eC-reflow pilot parameters
- eC-reflow Preheater
- blog – Trough hole component soldering with the eC-reflow mate