Open source pick and place machines have come a long way in the past years, but are not necessarily worth the setup time and machine cost if you are only building a few PCBs at a time. [Nuri Erginer] ...

Panelize to optimize: faster builds, better boards. In the printed circuit board manufacturing stage, panelization – physically linking many smaller, identical PCB substrates together on a common ...

Software automation in PCB assembly. Advantages and disadvantages of software automation in PCB assembly. The PCB assembly (PCBA) process is becoming more complex with evolving market trends such as ...