PCB Assembly Reengineered for Today’s Developers
Updated Nov 2024 At MacroFab, we provide PCBA manufacturing on demand and related services to tech companies across industries. Engineers and…
Introducing Parts Consignment for PCB Manufacturing
At MacroFab, we understand that for certain types of projects you will need to have more control over your materials and how they’re consumed. You…
Top 10 Advantages of On-Demand Manufacturing
If you have a product you want to bring to market, you can make that happen in many ways. You could follow the legacy approach and try to do business…
How to Design and Build a Pogo Pin Programming Fixture
Updated Oct 2024 In our previous series, Programming for PCB Production, we provided an overview of different methods to program PCB products. This…
Top 3 Reasons to Choose Integrated Fulfillment
You have a lot of choices when it comes to integrated fulfillment and manufacturing your printed circuit boards and electronic devices. You can use a…
Super Simple Power Supply “SSPS” Design (Part 2)
In the last SSPS design blog post, we discussed using the OPA541 high-powered opamp in the output section of the SSPS. Here's the datasheet for the…
PCB Prototyping – The Hard Way and the Easy Way
PCB prototyping is a critical step in bringing your innovative designs to life. It can be a road full of delays, miscommunication, and high costs—or…
MacroFab Supports Your Favorite EDA Tools like Altium, PADS, etc
When it comes to the EDA world, there are as many ways to get manufacturing data out as there are tools. To make matters more difficult, many tools…
Different Programming Methods for PCBAs
PCB Programming for assemblies during production is a common topic we’re asked about at MacroFab. There are a couple of different ways to go about…
New Bill of Materials Features – March 2016
Today, we rolled out a few new features and enhancements that you’ve asked us for over the past few months. With each major software update we try to…
Super Simple Power Supply “SSPS” Design (Part 1)
Here in the engineering department at MacroFab we are constantly coming up with ideas for projects ranging from binary watches to electronic noise…
How Manufacturing APIs Enable Frictionless Fulfillment
People often discuss how the internet and mobile technologies have dramatically reshaped modern life. And rightfully so. These technological…