Engineering guides
Build it right the first time, starting with the data.
Practical guides for hardware engineers and NPI leads, drawn from thirty years of building boards in San Jose and the industry standards behind them.
NPI · Checklist
What to send your contract manufacturer before the first build
The complete data package (formats, BOM, centroid, drawings and requirements) and the mistakes that delay first builds.
Read the guide → Standards · IPC-A-610IPC Class 2 vs Class 3: what changes, and when you need it
How the classes work, how IPC-A-610 relates to J-STD-001 and IPC-6012, and how to call out your class.
Read the guide → Inspection & testPCB inspection and test methods, compared
SPI, AOI, X-ray, flying probe, ICT, boundary scan and functional test: what each catches, what it misses, and when to use it.
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