PCBWay Aug 03,2020 12225

PCB Design - Eight PCB Marks You May See And Never know What They Are Before

If you’re an electronics hobbyist and you hold a new PCB with your bare hands, usually you will spend several minuets staring at it. You want to capture all the art behind it and to see if there is an...

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lesley Jul 30,2020 5412

PCBWay TV Show 01 - What Did Makers Do to Fight Against COVID-19？

At the beginning of 2020, a virus named COVID-19 swept China and within a few months, most countries suffered to varying degrees. During that miserable times, lots of makers created many meaningful pr...

PCBWay COVID19 Maker 3D Printed Face Shield Open Source Temperature Sensor

PCBWay Jul 29,2020 23630

OpenOCD on Raspberry Pi: Better with SWD on SPI

Sneaky tricks to align stray bits into proper bytesThe setup that we see above… Debugging nRF52 with a Raspberry Pi running VSCode and OpenOCD… Was impossible just a week ago!OpenOCD connects to nRF52...

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PCBWay Jul 20,2020 53195

What is Flex PCB? — An Overview of Flex and Rigid-Flex PCB

The most common and used type of Printed Circuit Boards is the rigid type, but the flex one is another type that you may think of using it after getting yourself familiar with, especially that it is n...

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lesley Jul 16,2020 10543

The Formation and Prevention of Black Pad and Phosphorus-Rich Layers

In our daily SMT soldering operations, we often find that ENIG surface-treated boards are prone to two fatal problems: nickel corrosion and phosphorus-rich layers. Once such problems occur, they often...

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PCBWay Jul 14,2020 8030

Coupons, Lucky Draw, Special Offers: Get Started With PCBWay's 6th Anniversary Celebration

It is coming! July 15 - August 15, we will celebrate our 6th anniversary. We are very appreciate for your supports and trusts. In return, we have prepared plenty of surprise for You-- dear PCBWayers. ...

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PCBWay Jul 06,2020 4264

Winner Interview - Meet Camilo and his Otto DIY

PCBWay Team: “ Could you please briefly introduce yourself? Many other PCBWayers in the community want to know more about you.”Camilo: “ Hi My name is Camilo, the founder and creator of Otto DIY robot...

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Eric Jul 06,2020 2194

Reducing Time to Market for New Hardware Products with PCBway

The path to bring a new hardware product to market is filled with a lot of challenges that large corporates are usually able to march past using qualities like experience, relationship, money, and peo...

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lesley Jul 06,2020 4721

Omega2 + Expansion Dock——Easily connect modules, sensors, USB devices...

As an embedded-development company focused on various electronic devices, from IoT to industrial automation & robotics, Factorial Group, develops a new expansion dock for the Onion Omega2+developm...

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lesley Jul 03,2020 5004

PL1-0 Universal Sensor Interface

The PL1-0 is an 8-channel universal sensor interface board designed to tackle the incompatibility that the Arduino between the high-voltage sensors of the industrial world which smooth the way for Ard...

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PCBWay Jul 03,2020 2236

From the idea to the manufactured product – A complete guide

Most of you, if you are a hobbyist or an electronics engineer, might have already thinked about designing and selling your own idea. But the way from the idea to the finished and even manufactured pro...

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lesley Jul 02,2020 10766

Get to Know the ENEPIG — A type of the PCB surface finish

The Electroless Nickel Electroless Palladium Immersion Gold(ENEPIG) process is the earliest surface treatment process developed by Intel. By adding a palladium plating layer between nickel plating and...

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Anson Jun 30,2020 17377

High Power Standalone Digital AC Dimmer Using STM32

By Hesam Moshiri, Anson BaoThis project is only free for personal and non-commercial useAC loads live with us! Because they are everywhere around us and at least home appliances are supplied with the ...

Standalone Digital AC Dimmer

lesley Jun 26,2020 14633

Meet New Special PCB Technologies in PCBWay!

As a PCB innovation company, PCBWay is committed to solving the pain points of PCB procurement and meeting customers’ various PCB procurement needs — offering special plates such as Rogers, copper sub...

Impedance Control Thick Copper PCB Stack Up ENEPIG Gold Finger

PCBWay Jun 24,2020 9451

Winner Interview - Meet Anak Agung Duwi Arsana and his IoT project Temperature Humidity Blynk Portable

PCBWay Team: “ Could you please briefly introduce yourself? Many other PCBWayers in the community want to know more about you.”Duwi Arsana: “Hai, my name is Anak Agung Duwi Arsana. But many people cal...

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lesley Jun 24,2020 8840

How to avoid the negative effects of vias in high-speed PCB design

The basic concept of viasVia is an important part of multilayer PCB. The cost of drilling usually accounts for 30% to 40% of the cost of PCB. Simply put, each hole on the PCB can be called via. From a...

Blind Vias Buried Via Through Hole High Speed PCB

lesley Jun 17,2020 18667

What is PCB Tombstone?

IntroductionThe tombstone phenomenon is that during welding process of the MLCC and PCB, one end of the MLCC leaves the welding area and is inclined or standing upright. The main reason is the unbalan...

PCB Tombstone Solder Paste MLCC PCB Reflow Soldering

Eric Jun 17,2020 5208

Winner Interview - Meet Hadi and his The HAD66 Keyboard

PCBWay Team: “ Could you please briefly introduce yourself? Many other PCBWayers in the community want to know more about you.”Hadi:" Hello, my name is Hadi, and I am a content creator looking to expa...

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lesley Jun 15,2020 5056

ANAVI Fume Extractor—the smart open source solder absorber

Soldering is quiet fun while the fumes during the soldering are harmful to our health. Thus, it’s a must to have a fume extractor. Now, the ANAVI Fume Extractor is a great choice for all the makers.“A...

Soldering Open Source Esp8266 Fume Extractor

PCBWay Jun 15,2020 4887

Corrosion Protection With Parylene

A natural process, corrosion enacts chemical/electrochemical reactions that degrade and gradually destroy materials or components within a functional environment. The outcome can be dangerous and...

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