PCB Design, Planning, and Components Selection in Printed Circuit Boards #PrintedCircuitBoard #PCBOARD #PCBdesign #pcbassemblyservices Designing a printed circuit board or PCB can become challenging because there are many factors to consider, including environmental conditions the PCB will be exposed to and the desired electrical components that the PCB will use. The best design, planning, and component selection bring the best-printed circuit boards. All electronic products contain printed circuit boards so considering the above elements is essential that we will discuss these elements in this article. Questions Regarding PCB Planning? A few questions to keep in mind when designing and planning a PCB include: • How many layers do I want? • What thickness of copper foil/laminate do I want? • Do I want to use plated through holes or non-plated through holes? • Do I want my board to be double-sided, single-sided, or multilayer? • Are all of my components going to be surface mount or through-hole? • Are all of my connections going to be made using jumpers or solder pads? • Can I get away with using cheaper non-plated through holes instead of plated ones? Can I get away with not having a ground plane layer if all my signals are digital logic levels? • Does my design require low-noise analog filtering? • Will I need to isolate high-voltage circuitry from low-voltage circuitry, and high-speed circuitry from slow-speed circuitry? You can start designing a PCB after getting answers to the above questions. Read more: https://www.pnconline.com/blog/pcb-design-planning-and-components-selection-in-printed-circuit-boards/ Location: PNC INC, 115 East Centre St. Nutley, NJ, 07110 Phone: (973) 284-1600 Email:sales@pnconline.com