Printed Circuit Board Designer's Reference is finally here and in stock!
Printed Circuit Board Designer's Reference is the ONLY book that details the process from Concept to Assembly. This is the only book that addresses each process and shows how to address these processes in the Design process.
Stack-up calculator - that shows the difference between the target and the current thickness, plus layer by later trace and space calculations (by class) & Class to Class calculations!
Material Table - Several different tables (by material type) and tracking of Manufacturers stock
Pad Calculator - This Calculator is intense.. It provides 3 different levels of pad sizes. Minimum, Median, and Max. Also allow the user to change the MFG AR according to the technology used.
Amps width and volts - This handy calculator allows doing individual Trace and space calculations for internal and external, plus a handy Trace-current table.
Class-to-Class - worksheet allows the user to add a class and define the voltage and all the combinations are calculated.
Hole to Trace - allows the user to Determine the trace equivalent of a PLTH. (helpful for current carrying capacities.
PCB Standards (customizable) - Allows the user to define attributes of their program and set values.
Clearance - This utility allow the user to determine the minimum clearance per trace width and technology
Pad to pad - is a helpful utility that will determine the amount of room between pads and the number of traces that can be routed through them. (helpful in determining what pad sizes to use)
Screw hardware - Is a quick table of screw hardware and the clearance hole sizes, along with washer and nut diameters to determine clearance requirement of your board.
Technology table - This is it! This is the definitive research into the values per technology.
Copper oz - Quickly and easily convert oz to inches and mm.
Electrical Info - has 8 different calculators for determining wattage, voltage drop, current and decoding resistor and capacitor values.
Wire Gauge-Amps - This handy sheets shows the current capacity of a wire and the necessary hole size.
Package name standard - A neat way to standardize component.
SMT land pattern - Is a handy land pattern creator that allow the user to customize the way the land pattern is determined.
Package suffix - Allows the user to document the package type and the suffixes used by component manufacturers
Mil-Resistor - is a quick table of the mil-type resistors and the available values and lead spacing.
Lead bend - Is an indispensable sheet to determine the lead spacing of component (axial resistors and caps) from their body length.
Display matrix - is a handy table of when and how to display the Reference Designators on a pcb.
Time - is a very useful tool for tracking time spent on your designs.
Manufacturing contact - is a table of most of the US PCB manufacturers and their contact information.
Links - is a huge compilation of industry links that you can add to.
If your a PCB designer or are interested in PCB design, check out the magazine, or at least the site. There are several useful tools listed on their Equations/Charts page. Check it out!
I have removed my Links page and will just direct you to the PCD links site.
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Our Mission
This is just a little resource area for Designers.
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Many of the files here are for Accel EDA users/P-Cad. (or what ever you want to call it)
