EEVblog #239 - PCB Design For Manufacture Part 2
Why Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange recommends it
Electronics Stack Exchange answerers point people to it as a practical introduction to design-for-manufacture when asked about mass production, pick and place design, and going from prototype to a manufactured PCB.
Recommended by 3 people across 3 different months, 2013 to 2016.
What it is
Dave Jones of EEVblog continues his PCB Design For Manufacture tutorial using a real project, updating his uCurrent PCB for production. He covers panelisation layout and component reel selection, revisiting much of the ground from part 1 with a concrete example.
What people said
Strong rec DerStrom8 · 2016-09 · Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange · on “What are some circuit design rules of thumb for mass production?”
Dave Jones of the EEVblog actually did a few video blog segments on this exact topic: [LINK] [this video] [LINK] In each of those videos, Dave offers some very helpful pointers and insight into the DFM (Design for Manufacture) process. You may find them incredibly useful, as I have.
Recommends Anton Kedrov · 2013-01 · Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange · on “PCB Prototyping and Fabrication”
Check out this: PCB Design For Manufacture - Part 1 [LINK] PCB Design For Manufacture - Part 2 [this video] I think that this is not the direct answer for your question, but there is outlined most important considerations you may want to think of prior to design PCB for manufacture.
Recommends Jesus Castane · 2016-11 · Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange · on “Basics about pick & place PCB design”
Design For Manufacturing (DFM) aims to design a PCB which is reliable and feasible at minimum cost. This means you need to know how the PCB manufacturing process and PCB assembly process are, steps involved, limitations of each PCB maker or assembler and how much you are willing to spend. As many say this is a really big topic that can´t be covered in a single answer. I would suggested the DFM videos of EEVBLOG as introduction Part1 [LINK] Part2 [this video] Part3 [LINK]
Cites Houen · 2014-09 · Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange · on “How to go from newbie to manufactured?”
I am a newbie myself, so take this with grains of salt, but I have researched this a lot over the last month, and so I hope to bring a good newbie-needs perspective to it. Here's what I've found out: NOTE: I am using a couple of acronyms (PCB, SMD, etc.). I have not written what these mean on purpose, since you will definitely also need to know these concepts intimately. You need to go from prototype (Arduino?) to PCB version. First of all, see these two videos by EEVBlog: Video 1 [LINK] , Video 2 [this video] Going from prototype to PCB version means switching from through-hole components to SMT components, and from a full-fledged Arduino to a barebones chip solution. The good news is that you c