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Black Stick is a leading PCB design bureau with an excellent track record of serving electronics manufacturers both in the UK and internationally. Our designers are all CID+ or CID qualified with many years of experience solving some of the most complex PCB design challenges.
We offer a choice of PCB design software packages, enabling us to offer our customer maximum flexibility.
PCB Layout PCB Layout Packages Ultra Quick PCB Design Library Managment Component Creation Schematic Capture Experience Outputs Reverse Engineer
PCB Layout
We have extensive knowledge in PCB layout listed below are the areas of PCB design we have extensive knowledge in.
PCB Design Types:
- Analogue
- Digital
- High Speed Design
- High Power
- High Voltage
- Low Power
- RF from Ultra-Low Frequency (0-3Hz) up to Extremely High Frequency (30GHz to 300GHz)
PCB Material Types:
- Flexi PCB
- Flexi-rigid PCB
- Rigid PCB
- Thick Film PCB
- Aluminium backed PCB
- Ceramic PCB
- Hybrid PCB
PCB Component Mounting Strategies:
- Single sided Through Hole PCB's
- Single sided Surface Mount PCB's
- Single sided Mixed Technology PCB's
- Double sided Mixed Technology PCB's
- Double sided Surface mount PCB's
PCB Layout in your package
Our designers are multi-conversant in most PCB layout packages.
Our main packages are listed below;
- Altium Designer (Protel)
- Mentor Graphics Expedition
- PADS
- Number One Systems Easy PC.
We can also read in various EDA formats, including Cadstar, Orcad, Cadence Alegro, Eagle, UltiBoard, Board maker, P-Cad and, Circuit maker.
One of the major advantage of using the latest PCB design software is that we can perform a variety of PCB design rule checks to ensure a right first time design.
- We can simulate your sensitive signals at the schematic layout & PCB design stage, then adjust to achieve the signal integrity.
- With the latest PCB design rule checks we can make sure that all of your high speed / sensitive tracking is taken care of and automatically checked at PCB design output stage.
- 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 can generate the latest PCB layout output files to make the transition from PCB design to PCB fabrication & PCB assembly seamless.
We also have a great deal of experience with:
- Single layer PCBs
- Multi layers PCBs
- Controlled impedance designs
- Matched length designs
- Differential pairs
- High Density Interconnects (HDI)
- High layer count designs
- Blind vias, buried vias, and micro-vias
- Buried capacitance
- Buried Resisters
- Back Planes
- Design for Test (DFT)
- Design for Assembly (DFA)
- Design for Assembly (DFM)
- Design for Excellence (DFX)
- Lead Free
- EMC Critical Designs
We have comprehensive knowledge in the following sectors:
- Automotive: e.g. Engine management systems, dashboards console. Led headlight unit.
- Aerospace: e.g. Wing ice sensors, vibration analysis unit
- Consumer Electronics: e.g. PC104 format PC motherboard, Flexible display controllers.
- Military electronics: Classified
- Telecommunications: e.g. Mobile handset motherboard, Bluetooth ear-piece unit.
- Transportation and Rail: e.g. Power management systems, Breaking control unit.
- Medical Electronics: e.g. Blood pressure monitor, laser scalpel control boards.
- Oil and Gas: e.g. Deep bore temperature sensor unit. Drill head sensor units.
- Fire and security: e.g. Oil rig fire detection cameras, Rig intercom systems
- Industrial Electronics: e.g. Motor control units
- LED and lighting: e.g. Commercial lighting units, Control panels.
Ultra Quick PCB design
- Sometimes fast just isn't fast enough. We have the internal resources and infrastructure to apply 24-hour days to your design.
Call us to get your urgent PCB layout started now: Call: +44 (0)1782 683782
Library management and Component Creation
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.
Schematic Capture
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.
Design Outputs:
Depending on the service you have requested, we will create a complete design output package that will include all or some of the following, as required:
- Schematic files
- PCB design files
- Design libraries
- ODB++
- Gerber files
- Drill Files
- Assembly Drawing
- Fabrication Drawing
- Panelisation Drawing
- Pick and place files
- STEP files
- BOM
We can also create custom outputs and reports tailored to your needs.
Reverse Engineer
We can take in Gerber files or a bare/populated boards and create a fully functioning PCB Design. They then can be modified to design out EMC problems, component obsolescence or add new features to your design.
