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General PCB Resources | |
| Everything PCB.com | "Everything PCB" is more than a catchy name, this site contains industry news, a product and services index, glossaries, assorted PCB-related tutorials, product overviews--even PCB gifts, graphics, and artwork. |
| PCB Fab | Sponsored by RD Chemical, PCB Fab provides "advice and insights on the process for producing a printed circuit board." Detailed articles discuss topics such as innerlayer process fabrication and rinse water quality. |
| PCB Fabrication Documentation | This document describes the PCB fabrication process from circuit layout and Gerber file creation to etching and drilling. Measurements and color photos support this well-organized site, published in affiliation with The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art . |
| IPC | Visitors can use the site map or browse through the multitude of resources offered by Association Connecting Electronics Industries. The online resources database provides access to e-mail forums and specific vendor lists. Click the downloadable documents link for test and training manuals, white papers, and standards. |
| Merix | The Merix Resource Center offers manuals, papers, presentations, and guidelines in a variety of document types. Topics range from "So What Is this Thing Called Dielectric Constant" to "Guidelines for Tooling Interface." |
| SMCBA | Although membership is required to access some of the resources provided by the Surface Mount and Circuit Board Association, the publications, directories, tips, and technical information are useful and up-to-date. Click the Publications > Bookstore link for a comprehensive list of texts, manuals, and other print resources. |
| SMTA | The Surface Mount Technology Association also requires membership for complete access, but the knowledge base, bookstore, and directory provide technical overviews, instructional tutorials, and a searchable index to article abstracts from the Journal of Surface Mount Technology. |
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Online Publications | |
| Chip Scale Review | Archives are available online, and visitors can sign up for a free U.S. subscription to this chip-specific magazine. The Chip Scale Review is published to promote and support the "design, manufacture, test and application of chip-scale electronics." |
| CicuiTree | Visitors can use the searchable index to locate full-text articles containing in-depth technical discussions and reviews of equipment, techniques, processes, components, and industry news and events. The list of features only available online include a web-only editorial, the circuit board forum, and a featured product. |
| Circuits Assembly Online | Selected articles from this industry-standard journal for surface mount and electronics assembly are availble online. The site also includes daily updates to industry news, events, conferences, shows, archived news, as well as a variety of resources and references. |
| HDI Online | In addition to searchable news archives and selected magazine articles and editorials, this site contains an extensive list of industry links supported by a comprehensive glossary of terms and abbreviations. |
| ISD | Integrated System Design, the "journal of the design process," contains news, online articles, an overview of the current issue, as well as directories of vendor guides, advertisers, and an events calendar. |
| Printed Circuit Design | The expected news, articles, editorials, and buyer's guides are supplemented by equations and charts, software links, a translation dictionary, and salary surveys. The PCD site offers everything from introductory designer information to advanced articles discussing ESD immunity. Look for the downloadable 2002 calendar with illustrations from past and future issues of Printed Circuit Design. |
| PC Fab | Searchable news and news archives are updated daily, but visitors can also access the PC Fab 2002 Supplier Directory and a variety of PCB history articles. The Resources section contains a list of publications, industry links, and sister publications. |
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Controlled Impedance | |
| Polar Instruments | Polar Instruments provides a comprehensive list of Application Notes offering introductory tutorials, PowerPoint presentations, and suggestions for impedance measurements. The material ranges from broad overview information to specific details on impedance calculations. |
| Diversified Systems, Inc. | Located on our Rapid Prototyping Division site, the dsi calculator allows users to plug in figures for automatic impedance calculations of microstrip, embedded, asymmetric, and balanced stripline designs. |
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Cleanliness | |
| CSL | The Contamination Studies Laboratories, Inc. site posts articles, case studies, and images related to the impact of residue on electronic assemblies. Resources, publications, and libraries are available online, as well as the CSL newsletter and a presentation schedule. |
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