Why should you partner early for HDI board design?
In his design case study published in the November 2012 edition of The PCB Design Magazine, a customer of Sierra Circuits explains why it is important to partner with a board manufacturer at the outset...
View ArticleWhy should you visit the PCB board shop?
In his inaugural monthly column for The PCB Design Magazine, Sierra Circuits’ director of marketing Amit Bahl urges board designers to visit PCB manufacturers. He points out: • If you design PCBs, you...
View ArticleSierra Circuits DesignCon 2013 survey and raffle winners announced
Thank you to everyone who participated in Sierra Circuits’ DesignCon 2013 survey. The winners of the survey contest are: Jevi Oclarit Questek Inc. Yuri Tretiakov Altera Corporation Congratulations,...
View ArticleCommon errors that cause assembly holds
Sierra Assembly builds boards precisely as our customers direct. We make sure we understand exactly what you want, and we must hold a job if we find any discrepancy between your order and the files or...
View ArticleODB++ : An intelligent format for PCB designs
by Amit Bahl SUMMARY: Most PCB designs are still expressed with Gerber graphic files, despite the clear advantagesof the ODB++ intelligent unified file format. Nonetheless, IPC-2581, the open format...
View ArticleXY data is critical for assembling components on PCBs
XY data is critical in determining the coordinates and orientation of the components during assembly and must be provided by customers as a part of the data set. X-Y data for guiding pick-and-place...
View ArticleSierra Circuits PCB Assembly Capabilities
Our satisfied assembly customers include Boeing, PATS Aircraft, Apogee Labs, Neophotonics, WICAB, Arasan Chip Systems, OQO, E. H. Wachs, UCLA, Stanford University, Ricoh, Sharp Labs and Sony. Learn...
View ArticleThe Ten Commandments of Design for Assembly
SUMMARY: The best way for designers to avoid problems during assembly is to communicate thoroughly and frequently with your assembly provider. But, just in case, Amit Bahl has created the Ten...
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