Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 01 17:07:50 EST 2000 | Dave F
Brian: Several things: � Many CAD systems offer compliant pad design libraries � Look at IPC-SM-782 "Surface Mount Design And Land Pattern Standard" � Some times, component manufacturers have the best information about pad designs for their compone
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 11 09:47:01 EST 2000 | Dave F
Abbas: Sources of information on DFM/DFT are: � "SMTnet Express" articles on DFM by Earl Moon � IPC-D-279, 'Design Guidelines for Reliable Surface Mount Technology Printed Board Assemblies' � Books in SMTnet and SMTA book stores � Other examples ar
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 30 13:12:00 EDT 2002 | Mark Ross
Can anyone recommended any good books and/or articles relating SPECIFICALLY to stencil design for high speed production whereby adhesives will be stencil printed onto a PWB? The IPC document covering stencil design is not specifica at all. I know t
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 21 06:49:44 EST 2004 | mk
During a discussion about smt design one of our attendees said that he had been taught that stencil openings were typically designed .005 below the size of the copper smt pads. My experiance has been stencils are usually designed 1 to 1 with the copp
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 13 06:20:50 EDT 2015 | eniac
Most powerfull tool for PCB design - it's your brain, Richard. All others - just a auxiliary instruments. I have assembled a good project, which was designed in Paint (yes, I mean Microsoft Paint!), and, also, I have many examples of bad projects, wh
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 20 02:16:23 EST 2001 | PeteC
Susan, If you are not doing design then your warranty must state that it's only for "workmanship". This excludes failures resulting from design or materials. In the event of an issue concerning product failure in the field have an independant labora
Electronics Forum | Tue May 18 19:41:18 EDT 1999 | Raffi Garabedian
I am designing a component for surface mount. Does anybody out there specialize in the design of passive components for SMT? Can you recommend a good reference?
Electronics Forum | Tue May 18 19:41:05 EDT 1999 | Raffi Garabedian
I am designing a component for surface mount. Does anybody out there specialize in the design of passive components for SMT? Can you recommend a good reference?
Electronics Forum | Tue May 11 10:45:25 EDT 1999 | R.L.Ottaway
Would like are to know if there CAD 13/14 compatible PCB design component parts,config standard, schematic symbols, libraries and other software available as freeware, shareware for beginners at PCB design. R.L.Ottaway
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 24 06:01:16 EDT 2002 | Kent
I'm currently dealing with an design of an end effector that need to pick n place a BGA dead bug package. The design is using peumatic system to do the task. Any advise or suggestion on this kind of design?