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Design for manufacturability (PCB)
Design for manufacturability (DFM for short. Often referred to as 'design for manufacturing') is a design methodology intended to ease the manufacturing process of a given product. In the PCB design process DFM leads to a set design guidelines that attempt to ensure manufacturability. By doing so, probable production problems may be addressed during the design stage. Ideally, DFM guidelines take into account the processes and capabilities...
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Practical Electronics/PCB Layout
The efficient laying out of traces on is a complex skill, and requires much patience. This task has been made vastly easier with the advent of readily available PCB layout software, but it is still challenging. Contents [hide] 1 Copper Thickness 2 Trace Width 3 footprints 4 Reference Handbook 5 Further reading [edit] Copper Thickness
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Printed Circuit Board @ Wikipedia
In electronics, printed circuit boards, or PCBs, are used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, or traces, etched from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate. Alternative names are printed wiring board (PWB), etched wiring board, and switchboard. After populating the board with electronic components, a printed circuit assembly (PCA) is formed. PCBs are rugged,...
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The Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Layout
The connections on the PCB should be identical to the circuit diagram, but while the circuit diagram is arranged to be readable, the PCB layout is arranged to be functional, so there is rarely any visible correlation between the circuit and the layout.
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