Honey, I Shrunk The Parts

March 10, 2021 Hosted by Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig

Components for PCB Assembly are getting unimaginably smaller. What PCB design specifications do you consider when using the smallest of components.

  • Tradeoffs on component sizes
    • “World’s Smallest” Claims Can Come With Trade-Offs
    • Design and Production considerations when going small
      • Different PCB Design Rule Checks
      • PCB pricing
      • Via in Pad
      • Escaping Components
      • Silkscreen
        • Part placements
        • Assembly documents
      • Tooling
        • Paste Jetter
        • Stencil coatings
  • STICKERS/Labels for products
    • Find out what label printers your CM is using
    • Consumable items
    • Label Material
    • Location! Location! Location!
    • Printing Instructions and Information
    • Databases
  • Low frequency Network analyzer
    • Perhaps I am looking for the wrong thing but I can’t seem to find what I want
    • 1hz to 100khz range
    • Can always do it manually but damn is it slow
    • Tsunami – this is *almost* what I want but not really good enough
    • I want to design one but no…..

Hosts: Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig

Special thanks to whixr over at Tymkrs for the intro and outro!