PCBWay Feb 05,2025 95655

Impact of the New U.S. Tariff Policy on Customs Clearance

Update on Dec 31thCurrent Tax Rates for Various PCBWay ProductsBare PCBs: 45%Assembled boards: 35%Steel 、Aluminum& Copper (CNC,stencil, etc.): About 85%SMT printing stencil:88%Others: General duty...

Mila Apr 17,2026 5183

Complete PCB Design Guidelines: Layout, Routing and Manufacturing Best Practices

PCB (Printed Circuit Board) design is critical to the stable operation of electronic products. A well-designed PCB not only ensures signal integrity and reduces electromagnetic interference (EMI), but...

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Anson Apr 01,2022 111974

PCBWay Plug-In for KiCad

Send your layout to PCBWay for instant production with just one click.Have you ever thought that when you complete the design on KiCad, you can place an order on pcbway with just one click?Now this id...

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PCBWay Oct 11,2023 16649

PCBWay Fabrication Toolkit for Kicad

Recently, PCBWay added a plug-in called PCBWay Fabrication Toolkit to Kicad: With just one click of the mouse, four files can be exported from the layout file automatically: Gerber file, IPC-Netlist f...

Mila Aug 25,2026 70

Power Supply Capacitor Layout: Placement Rules for Bulk and Small Capacitors

Engineers often encounter hard-to-spot issues when debugging switch-mode power supplies, DC-DC converters, and LDO circuits. These issues typically stem from placing electrolytic or tantalum bulk capa...

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Mila Aug 25,2026 51

Ground Stitching Vias in High-Speed PCB Differential Via Design

In high speed PCB debugging, engineers frequently encounter high-speed link communications failure, severe eye diagram jitter, TDR impedance anomalies near via regions, and EMI radiation exceeding lim...

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Mila Aug 20,2026 151

9 Essential PCB Copper Pour Techniques: A Complete Guide for PCB Layout Design

Copper pouring is a critical technique in PCB layout design that directly impacts signal integrity, thermal management, and manufacturing reliability. Whether you’re working on a high-speed digital bo...

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Mila Aug 18,2026 139

Industrial-Grade RS-485 Communication Interface Design and PCB Layout

1. Introduction: An Irreplaceable Foundation of Industrial Bus CommunicationIn industrial automation, medical equipment, and smart grid applications, the stability of communication interfaces directly...

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Mila Aug 17,2026 732

Switching Power Supply PCB Layout Guide: AC-DC, DC-DC & Digital Power Design Best Practices

Power supply PCB layout is one of the most critical aspects of switching converter design. A poorly executed PCB layout can turn a theoretically perfect power stage into an EMI nightmare, a thermal fa...

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Mila Aug 17,2026 457

How to Design an H-Bridge Motor Driver: Circuit & PCB Layout Guide

1. Overview of H-Bridge Drive CircuitsAn H-bridge drive circuit is one of the most widely used basic topologies in DC motor drive systems. Its core structure consists of four independently controlled ...

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Mila Aug 14,2026 630

The Complete Guide to Mixed-Signal PCB Layout Design

1.IntroductionSound mixed signal pcb design requires a fundamental understanding of both analog and digital circuits to minimize, if not fully prevent, signal interference. Modern electronic systems i...

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Mila Aug 14,2026 464

Guide to Selecting and Placing RF Components in RF PCB Layout

In RF PCB design, selecting and placing the right RF components is critical to signal integrity, impedance matching, and electromagnetic isolation. Because RF signals are highly sensitive to trace len...

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Mila Aug 12,2026 228

Bypass vs Decoupling Capacitors: How to Choose and Place Capacitors on a PCB

Bypass and decoupling capacitors are fundamental components in PCB power integrity design, yet they remain one of the most misunderstood topics in hardware engineering. Many engineers rely on empirica...

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Mila Aug 12,2026 738

KPCA Show 2026: Meet PCBWay at Booth R310 in South Korea

PCBWay is excited to announce its participation in KPCA Show 2026, one of the key exhibitions for the global PCB, semiconductor substrate, and advanced packaging industries. The event will take place ...

Engineer Aug 07,2026 643

Stage 1: Frequency-Controlled Atomic-State Demonstrator

Stage 1 establishes the part of the concept that is already supported by atomic physics: an electromagnetic field can drive a transition when photon energy matches an allowed energy difference, hf = Δ...

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Engineer Aug 07,2026 624

Stage 2: Reaction Feasibility and Energy-Control Simulator

Stage 2 converts a desired isotope into a complete testable reaction proposal before any high-energy equipment is considered.Inputs include the desired element and isotope, candidate target or feedsto...

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Engineer Aug 07,2026 590

Stage 3: Licensed-Facility Reaction and Verification Platform

Stage 3 is not a home-build nuclear experiment. It is a facility-level verification architecture for one reaction that has already passed the Stage 2 feasibility gate.System flow:1. Approved accelerat...

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