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Technical articles on PCB design, manufacturing, and industry best practices. Written by our engineering team.
How two-phase immersion fluid affects PCB laminates, cleaning limits and a supplier checklist for immersion boards
Outgassing classes: material selection and IPC Class 3 cleanliness for PVD, CVD and ALD control electronics. Supplier checklist for deposition tool OEMs
How pin count: pitch and impedance budgets drive probe card substrate fabrication, line width, layer count, via-in-pad
Which PCBA parameters need control charts: how to read X-bar and R chart limits, the Cpk 1.33 vs 1.67 threshold
Which ISO 14644 cleanroom class each PCB process needs: where Class 7/6 is oversold, how particles cause field failures
IPC-2221 conductor spacing, with the tolerances a Shenzhen fab actually holds in volume and an RFQ design-rule checklist
Solder pallets and process carriers for wave and selective soldering: when tooling is mandatory, material choices, cost drivers
IPC-7351B footprint density levels A, B and C explained for buyers and designers and how footprint choice drives solder defect rates
Gauge R&R and measurement system analysis for PCB and PCBA buyers: %GRR acceptance limits, how to request an MSA study on CMM and AOI data