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PCB Layout, Prototyping and Testing

Printed Circuit boards are physical and electrical scaffolds that hold the electronics together and designing them requires a lot finesse and ingenuity. Our team of experienced engineers work closely with customers to design reliable, cost effective and rugged circuit boards considering various points:

Which is the most suitable laminate material, layer and thickness configuration considering electrical and mechanical requirements and cost?
Which is the most optimal component placement strategy in regards to thermal performance, signal integrity, mechanical strength, manufacturability, testing and cost?
What is the most appropriate signal routing, ground plane design and shielding strategy for carrying sensitive micro-power signals?
How can we optimize the board layers, and parameters such as minimum clearances and via types to control yield, cost and signal performance?
How do we minimize effect of parasitic track inductances in high power switching circuits and ensure reliability?
What is the best placement and routing strategy for systems with multiple intrinsically safe regions?
Simulating at an early stage as to how the component heights, cable entry paths, buttons access, displays, jumpers etc. agree well with the enclosure, to minimize re-spins.
Simulating crosstalk, emissions and signal quality in high speed designs.
How can we improve routing and signal quality by swapping GPIO pins on MCUs and FPGAs?

If the need arises, we work closely with reputable Printed Circuit Board fabrication houses to qualify designs for DFM. Our key differentiator is our rigorous, proprietary design and review process that ensures reliable result in minimal time.

PCB Layout, Prototyping and Testing

If your technology is draining resources rather than optimizing them, we can get you back on track. A professionally managed services provider can give you the decisive edge to:

Prototyping

PCB testing services are offered optionally in conjunction with layout design.

We use a combination of automatic and semi-automatic tools or hand placement as per need dictated by PCB design and density, component types and sizes to create clean-cut protos suitable for immediate testing. The same engineers who may have created PCB layout design work side-by-side with prototyping technicians as an advantage. The following points are considered:

ESD safe environment, component handling, and packaging.
Components purchased from only the most reputable suppliers.
Individual discrete components are tested immediately before placement to rule out supplier tagging errors.
In-house semi-automatic SMT line ensures no communication delays.
Visual inspection of finished boards.
µBGA x-ray inspection (provided by our partners).
Reworking using state-of-the-art tools and techniques.
Conformal coating and epoxy potting/encapsulation.
Rigorous procedural methods ensure reliable results.

Design Capabilities

Multilayer rigid, flex, and rigid-flex boards.
Mixed signal, low and high power boards.
µBGA breakout and routing.
High-speed designs up to 2 GHz.
Large in-house CAD library.
Designs as per IPC standards.
Backplane design.

Success Story

Project: Implemented Foundation Fieldbus connectivity.
Scope of Work: Feasibility study, schematic design, PCB design, prototype development and testing, firmware development and testing.
Microcontrollers used: Atmel ARM microcontroller, Renesas M16C/62 series microcontroller.
Achievement: Completed a highly complex 16-layer PCB design, assembling all components required for Foundation Fieldbus within intrinsic safety norms (large clearances) while maintaining the board size.

To develop a prototype of an innovative metering device having very high SMT component density.
Component procurement
Component assembly using automatic pick and place machine
Visual inspection of boards for quality control
Used high-tech Automatic Pick & Place machines and Reflow Solder for PCB assembly

To develop prototypes from Gerber files for an industrial product
Procurement of components
Planning layout of components
Automatic Pick & Place board assembly
Quality check
Embedded software testing
Prototype release

Ultrasonic meter for measurement of Biogas, Compressed Air, Natural Gas, Propane, Butane, Nitrogen & Oxygen
Actel FPGA & Freescale K60 / ARM Cortex-M4 based design
Low-power, 12-layer board comprising 4 BGAs with Intrinsically Safe zones and power supply
UART, USB, HART based communication

FPGA based design
Intrinsically safe power supply
Intrinsically safe zones
Scope of work: Printed Circuit Board layout, Component procurement, Prototype development, Testing
Engagement: Offsite, 20 weeks

Developed for a low-power Microcontroller family
Capacitive touchpad
Scope of work: PCB layout, Component procurement, Prototype development, Testing
Engagement: Offsite, 20 weeks

To develop prototypes for an analog data acquisition board of an industrial product
Scope of work:
Schematic entry
Multi-layered layout design with Intrinsic Safety rules
Component procurement
PCB fabrication
Component assembly
Design for Atmel SAM7 series, ARM Processor
Software/Firmware development
Electrical testing of boards

PCB Layout, Prototyping and Testing

PCB Layout, Prototyping and Testing

PCB Layout, Prototyping and Testing

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