Category: How To PCB

Posted on by Pankaj Shrotre

RoHS Compliant PCBs: A Step towards Environmentally Responsible Manufacturing

Have you noticed that most of the PCBs are green? Unfortunately, there is nothing green about them. Truth be told, the PCB waste generated decades ago will continue to harm our environment in the years to come. The PCB waste consisting of hazardous substances, which include heavy metals such as lead, mercury and cadmium, and several other chemicals, adversely affect life on earth. There is a need for environmentally responsible manufacturing for  RoHS compliant PCBs across the entire consumer electronics sector in today’s time. RoHS directive, which stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, restricts the use of hazardous materials, particularly found in electrical and electronic components.

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Spacing Requirements: Things That Drive Your PCB Mad!

Are you familiar with horse racing? Well, of course you are. It is one of the oldest and traditional sports known to mankind. Horse racing involves riders or jockeys riding horses to decide which is the fastest of them over a set course. In horse racing, the eyes of the horse are covered from the side to avoid any distractions. Now, you are wondering what is the relationship between the spacing and horse racing, apart from the two words are in rhyme. Unfortunately, designers behave the same (sometimes) during the PCB design stage.

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Posted on by Taisha Chattopadhyay

Thermal Profiling Quiz

In PCB soldering temperature and time must be tightly controlled, if you aim for a better outcome. It’s a balancing act, indeed. PCB assemblies require processing at a high temperature for a long enough time period for good solder joints. But again overshooting the temperature or heating, the assembly too quickly can damage components. Also, insufficient heating can cause poor soldering and long-term reliability issues. The only way to get time and temperature just right is to measure and analyze. This is what is thermal profiling.

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Posted on by Taisha Chattopadhyay

Medical PCBs: The Revolutionary Evolution in Healthcare

Electronic Anatomy or PCBs in Electronics

Doctors are like that supreme power on earth. They have been here, treating people since almost stone age. But as time advanced, the criticality, as well as success rates of the treatment of doctors, also advanced. Their skills and dedication have remained constant throughout time. So what changed? If you look closely, the secret behind this exponentially rising success rate in healthcare is the technological advancements. Medical technological advancement is vaguely synonymous to electronic machines in here which in turn is completely dependent on PCBs. Therefore, we can say the advancements in the medical sciences in recent times are a result of collective efforts. The knowledge of both human anatomy and electronic anatomy (read PCB), drives the healthcare situation. Continue reading “Medical PCBs: The Revolutionary Evolution in Healthcare”