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We offer our customers maximum flexibility from our PCB design service. We have seats of Altium Designer (Protel), Mentor Graphics Expedition, Mentor Graphics PADS, and Number One Systems Easy PC. However our designers are multi-conversant in most packages, and we can read in various EDA formats, including Orcad, Eagle, UltiBoard, Board maker, P-Cad and, Circuit maker.
We pride ourselves on the quality of our schematic entry. We are fully versed in flat level or hierarchical schematic entry. We believe that well laid-out and documented schematics will save time and reduce possible problems.
Below are some notes that we use while creating schematics.
We generally keep the flow as "inputs at the left of the page and outputs on the right". This makes the design much easier to follow, but we understand that it is not always possible.
We try to include as much relevant information as possible in the schematic rules, or even just a piece of text.
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These are just examples but a well marked-up schematic can greatly improve and speed up the whole design.
It's makes much easier reading if the decoupling for specific devices is placed on the same sheet as (or preferably next to) the device it is intended for. Where a great deal of decoupling is needed, and space is an issue, then we sometimes use a separate sheet with some text indicating which device the decoupling is for. General board decoupling is marked as such.
Where a creepage and clearance gap is needed, an indicative line showing the split will make the placement stage much easier.
Marking high power devices that will require large heat dissipation areas.
Showing current and voltage where deemed relevant.
Where an analogue/digital ground split is required, marking where the two are tied (if at all) is always advisable.
Where various ground or powers connect together and a star point junction is required, indicating the junction point will be helpful to the PCB layout engineer.
Where a specific device has PCB layout notes, a link to the data sheet and a note indicating is useful.
Steering clear of cross-junctions will help eliminate possible misunderstandings.
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we do |
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Marking any critical signals will greatly speed up layout.
We find that schematics with the maximum additional information, tend to yield better results at design and production stages.
PCB layout is where we excel, we have extensive experience in a wide variety of technologies and sectors.
We can import STEP files from your mechanical package allowing us to easily check for possible conflicts between the PCB, components, and the mechanical housing.
We understand that sometimes all you have available from an old design are Gerber files, and you could really do with making some changes to the PCB.
Whatever the reason we can help. We can take your Gerber files and reverse engineer them back into intelligent design format, allowing your changes to be made. If required we can also create a set of schematics from this, and generate a full documentation package including new Gerber files, ODB++, BOM etc…
We offer an in-depth library management service and can tailor it to your requirement. Sometimes tight deadlines mean you can't afford to spend time making component parts, footprints or mechanical representations. This is where we can step in and help. With our experience we will speed up your library creation process allowing you to concentrate on more relevant tasks.
Depending on what service you have requested, we will create a complete design output package that will include all or some of the following, as required:
We can also create custom outputs and reports tailored to your needs.
Let us look over your current design to determine how we could "design out" some of the cost.
This can include:
We believe that good conceptual design is the foundation for a good product. We can assist you from the very start of your design process.
We can assist with:
Give us a call and one of our engineers will be more than happy to talk through your requirements. We will do our best to find a solution that fits comfortably within your company.
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