Guides

PCB Design Guides

Reference material written from production work, not theory. These are the decisions and checks that determine whether a board works on the first spin.

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The PCB Design Process: 9 Steps from Idea to Fabrication

Every board that gets built well follows roughly the same path. This is that path, described the way it actually runs on commercial projects — including the review gates that stop expensive mistakes reaching fabrication.

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PCB Stackup Design: Choosing 2, 4, 6 and 8 Layers

The stackup is the most consequential decision in a layout and the one most often made by default. Get it right and routing becomes straightforward; get it wrong and no amount of careful routing recovers the design.

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PCB DFM Checklist: What to Verify Before Sending Gerbers

A clean DRC does not mean a manufacturable board. This is the review we run on every design before release, and on client designs brought to us for a standalone DFM check.