Huaxing PCBA PCB manufacturing insights and articles

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Technical articles on PCB design, manufacturing, and industry best practices. Written by our engineering team.

PCB Silkscreen Legend Design — Reference Designators, Readability & DFM Rules

PCB Silkscreen Legend Design — Reference Designators, Readability & DFM Rules

PCB silkscreen legend design rules: minimum line width and character height per IPC-2221, reference designator placement, polarity and pin-1 marks, and the DFM

PCB Thermal Interface Materials — Gap Pads, Paste & Phase-Change for High-Power Boards

PCB Thermal Interface Materials — Gap Pads, Paste & Phase-Change for High-Power Boards

Choose the right thermal interface material (TIM) for a power PCB: gap pad vs thermal paste vs phase-change vs liquid metal, thermal conductivity, thickness, pr

Hybrid RF Laminate Stackup — Rogers + FR-4 for Mixed-Signal PCB

Hybrid RF Laminate Stackup — Rogers + FR-4 for Mixed-Signal PCB

Combine a low-loss RF laminate (Rogers) with economical FR-4 in a single stackup: Dk and Df fields, CTE matching, prepreg selection, layer ordering, impedance p

Ethernet Magnetics — LAN Transformer & Common-Mode Choke Design for the PCB

Ethernet Magnetics — LAN Transformer & Common-Mode Choke Design for the PCB

Design the LAN magnetics module right: isolation transformer turns ratio, common-mode choke, 1500V isolation, creepage, Bob Smith termination, and PoE-class mag

CE Marking for Electronic Products — LVD, EMC & RED Directives and the Declaration of Conformity

CE Marking for Electronic Products — LVD, EMC & RED Directives and the Declaration of Conformity

CE marking for imported electronic products: which directives apply (LVD, EMC, RED, RoHS), what a Chinese PCBA supplier can actually provide vs what the importe

SMD vs NSMD Pads — Solder-Mask-Defined vs Non-Solder-Mask-Defined Pad Design Guide

SMD vs NSMD Pads — Solder-Mask-Defined vs Non-Solder-Mask-Defined Pad Design Guide

Solder-mask-defined (SMD) vs non-solder-mask-defined (NSMD) PCB pads: how the soldermask opening changes solderable area, fine-pitch wetting, joint strength and

QFN & LGA Leadless Package Soldering — Exposed-Pad Voiding, Stencil Aperture & IPC-7093 Acce

QFN & LGA Leadless Package Soldering — Exposed-Pad Voiding, Stencil Aperture & IPC-7093 Acce

QFN and LGA leadless package soldering: exposed thermal pad voiding, stencil aperture design to IPC-7525, reflow and wetting, and IPC-7093 void acceptance crite

Street & Roadway LED Lighting Controller PCBA — Surge, High-Line Voltage & Smart Poles

Street & Roadway LED Lighting Controller PCBA — Surge, High-Line Voltage & Smart Poles

Street and roadway LED lighting controller PCBA: high-line 277/347/480V input, lightning surge immunity to 10kV, power factor correction above 0.95, NEMA photoc

Warehouse & Logistics Automation PCBA — Conveyor, Sortation & ASRS Control

Warehouse & Logistics Automation PCBA — Conveyor, Sortation & ASRS Control

Warehouse and logistics automation PCBA: conveyor VFD drive control, parcel sortation crossbelt and tilt-tray controllers, ASRS high-bay shuttle control, isolat

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