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Guide For Engineers To Create Innovative, Manufacturable PCBs (Part 3)

Bringing a modern PCB design together into reality is often the real test. The third part of this series offers practical ...
Electronic Design

PCB Plating Finishes Impact Elastomer Socket Technology

Today’s electronic packages have high clock speeds (multi-gigahertz range), fine pin densities (below 0.4-mm pitch), and high pin counts (over 2000). When assembled onto a printed-circuit board (PCB), ...
EDN

Surface Finish for Chip on Board Assembly

Choosing the right Surface Finish for Chip on Board assembly is crucial. One of the most frequent questions we are asked at KingCredie Technologies is how should my PCB be plated in order to ensure ...
EDN

ENIG vs HASL

HASL stands for Hot Air Solder Leveling. ENIG stands for Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold. Both HASL and ENIG are two different types of a surface finish used for plating the Printed Circuit ...