PCB Design
Overview
Welcome the the PCB Design subsection of the mbedded.ninja blog!
If you are interested in decoupling and noise suppression, check out the Decoupling And Noise Suppression page.
If you are interested in thermal management, see the Heatsinking page.
Child Pages
📄️ Castellation
Overview
🗃️ Component Packages
193 items
📄️ Decoupling And Noise Suppression
Bypass Capacitors
📄️ Designators
A tutorial on designator choice and placement during the PCB design process.
📄️ Desmear And Etchback
Overview
📄️ General Routing Tips
Overview
📄️ How To Calculate Maximum Track Current
Overview
📄️ IMS (Insulated Metal Substrate) PCBs
Overview
📄️ Layer Stack-up
Overview
📄️ Mid-Chip Solder Balls
Photos, explanations, solder paste improvements and more info on mid-chip solder balls, a common PCB manufacturing defect.
📄️ Mouse Bites
Info on "mouse bites" which are used when panellizing PCBs.
📄️ Pads, Vias And Holes
All you need to know about pads, vias and holes in a PCB design.
📄️ PCB Data Formats
Gerber files, layers, ODB+, IPC-2581 and more info on PCB data formats.
📄️ PCB Design Checklist
Schematics
📄️ PCB Design Tools
📄️ PCB Layers
📄️ PCB Surface Finishes
Overview
📄️ Prototyping
Overview
📄️ Schematic Tips And Tricks
Make Input Connectors Face Right, Output's Face Left
📄️ Soldering
Overview
📄️ Soldermask Stencils
Overview
📄️ Test Jigs
Info on test jigs.
📄️ Testpoints
Overview
📄️ Thermal Design For PCBs
Thermal conductivity, the resistance model, TIMs, a via thermal resistance calculator and more info on thermal design for PCBs.