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Switch to EAGLE V6 – get V7 free

Version 7 of CadSoft’s EAGLE PCB design software is scheduled for release in July 2014. Switch to EAGLE V6 now and benefit from enhanced design technology right away. Then get a FREE update to V7 when it is released. Buy EAGLE V6 now and upgrade to V7 for FREE CadSoft’s EAGLEsoftware is one of the […]

The Smallest Possible Distance Between Two Holes

What is the smallest possible distance between plated through holes? A. The holes are a part of different electrical nets? Plated through holes that belong to a different electrical net, need at least 0.25mm base material between their hole walls. To calculate this, you will need to count with the manufacturing tool size which is […]

Front-end data preparation – white paper (2012)

“What do PCB fabricators do with my data before they make my PCB?”   “Why can’t they use my data just as I sent it in?” “Why do I need to know? I’m an electronics engineer and they are the board fabricators?”. Our new white paper, “Front-end data preparation”, answers these questions. An understanding of […]

Eurocircuits production data – what’s in it?

To produce your board we use your design data in Gerber or EAGLE format and first perform the necessary front end actions as described in our white paper: “What do PCB fabricators do with your data before they make your PCBs?“. When this is done and your board is ready for production, we save your […]

Eurocircuits Data preparation – Make production panels

By now your job has already been through two of the three front-end data preparation stages : Stage 3 – Make production panels and production tools We now have a stack of orders that are ready to go into production. Our business model is based on “order pooling”. We make our production more efficient by […]

Eurocircuits data preparation – Single Image (part II) – other layers and outputs

Have you ever wondered what we are doing to your data when the order status is Single Image? Here is the answer based on the instructions we give to our data preparation engineers. Many of the steps described below are automated for speed and accuracy but we have ignored this to make a clearer presentation. […]

Eurocircuits integrates EAGLE CAD software

Eurocircuits integrates EAGLE CAD software Eurocircuits have been appointed pan-European Value-Added Reseller for CadSoft’s EAGLE PCB design software. Now you can buy EAGLE CAD software licences and upgrades directly from our website on your Eurocircuits account – no need to set up new accounts and payment procedures. How?       Why do we offer […]

Eurocircuits data preparation – Single Image (part I) – drill data and copper image

Have you ever wondered what we are doing to your data when the order status is Single Image? Here is the answer based on the instructions we give to our data preparation engineers. Many of the steps described below are automated for speed and accuracy but we have ignored this to make a clearer presentation. […]

Eurocircuits data preparation – Analysis

Have you ever wondered what we are doing to your data when the order status is Analysis or Single image? Here is the answer based on the instructions we give to our data preparation engineers. Many of the steps described below are automated for speed and accuracy but we have ignored this to make a […]

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Glossary

To simplify communication Eurocircuits uses abbreviations for many of these technical terms. Most of the technical terms and abbreviations are international standards in the Printed Circuit Board manufacturing industry. However to make it clear to everyone involved, we here present a list of technical terms and abbreviations along with their explanation.
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