For many people, the words “Made in the USA” have become a rallying cry. In fact, a survey done in 2012 found that 83% of US citizens disapprove of companies that manufacture their goods overseas and they are interested in …
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Bay Area Circuits Celebrates Manufacturing Day
Bay Area Circuits, hosted a Manufacturing Day event on Friday, October 6th for the fourth consecutive year. The company opened its doors to give college engineering students a tour of its printed circuit board manufacturing operations and a look at the latest equipment upgrades and technological advancements in the industry.
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Basic PCB Design Tips & Tricks
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) are made from fiberglass reinforced plastic with the copper wiring in trace form. All the circuit board components are held in position by soldering the components into place after drilling holes in the demarcated areas on …
Read MoreInstantDFM Pro Update: Actionable Intelligence for Designers
Silicon Valley, CA – September 19, 2017 – Bay Area Circuits, Inc., a leading manufacturer of quick-turn printed circuit boards (PCBs), today announced the release of a significant update to its automated, online DFM tool, InstantDFM. InstantDFM enables printed circuit …
Read MoreExcellon Installs HD-2L Intelli-Drill at Bay Area Circuits
Rancho Dominguez, CA – September 11, 2017 – Excellon announces the installation of an HS-2L Intelli-Drill System at Bay Area Circuits, Inc. of Fremont, California. The Excellon HS-2L Intelli-Drill™ System provides capabilities such as post lamination tooling optimization for multi-layers, …
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5 Electronics Design Tips for Beginners
The topic of Electronics Design can cover a vast array of technical options. This article will focus on some of the basics. A schematic drawing is only one part of creating a design in electronic engineering. Your schematic should be …
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An Introduction to PCB Arrays
What is a PCB Array? What do you think of when you hear the word “array”? Perhaps you think of an antenna array, or possibly some type of mathematical array or maybe even Video Graphics Array (VGA like the adapter …
Read MoreEmpowering Education: BAC PCB Support Collegiate Solar Teams
Silicon Valley, CA, July 20, 2017 – Bay Area Circuits, Inc., a leading quick-turn manufacturer of printed circuit boards (PCBs), recently provided PCB manufacturing support to collegiate solar vehicle teams through its PCBs for Education program. The CalSol (UC Berkeley) …
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Printed Circuit Boards Require Counterbores and Countersinks
In this post, we’ll introduce the concept of Countersinks and Counterbores and how these are used in Printed Circuit Boards (of course, countersinks and counterbores are not anything unique to printed circuit boards and are used in a variety of …
Read MoreBay Area Circuits Annual Open House An Opportunity To Display Support For Education
This year’s event featured solar and electric vehicles on display from 3 local universities, all sponsored by Bay Area Circuits, including: CalSol’s solar vehicle from UC Berkeley, UCD Formula Racing’s electric vehicle from UC Davis, and Spartan Racing’s electric vehicle from San Jose State. The vehicles are designed and manufactured by the student teams...
Read MoreOpening Doors and Minds for National Manufacturing Day
“Last Friday, Fremont celebrated National Manufacturing Day by inviting students and jobseekers to attend 11 manufacturing facility tours across the City. We sat down with Stephen Garcia, President, Bay Area Circuits, a printed circuit board manufacturer, to debrief on the day …
Read MoreIllinois Urbana-Champaign – NASA’s Robotic Mining Success
Bay Area Circuits is proud to support many awesome student organizations with their printed circuit board projects, one of which is the IRIS Robotics Team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They recently competed in the NASA Robotic Mining Competition and we thought it would be interesting to share more about the group and their recent accomplishments.
Read MoreAnnouncing the Availability of PCB Creator v3
We’re excited to announce the availability of PCB Creator version 3, an update to our popular, free PCB Layout and Schematic capture software! Here’s a quick Q&A that includes more details on this new release.
Read MoreBay Area Circuit Online Store: Explore New Features for PCB
Silicon Valley, CA, August 1, 2016 – Bay Area Circuits, Inc., is proud to announce new benefits and improvements of its already impressive printed circuit board (PCB) online store. As a leading quick turn manufacturer of printed circuit boards, Bay …
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An Inside Look at Manufacturing Circuit Classics PCBs
There's no doubt that we, at Bay Area Circuits, get to work with some very talented individuals working on some pretty incredible projects. Star Simpson is one of those individuals and Circuit Classics is one of those projects! Star is bringing to life classic circuit drawings from Forrest Mims' "Getting Started in Electronics" and recently made the designs available via Crowd Supply.
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Hardware Manufacturing’s Comeback in Silicon Valley – BAC
Are we experiencing a rebirth of Silicon Valley hardware manufacturing? High volume manufacturing of hardware is not something commonly done in Silicon Valley, with much of that work finding its way to places around the globe. But a large amount of new product development, prototyping and low volume production seems to be firmly positioned in the Valley.
Read MoreMaker Faire: Why We Love & Support It
Maker Faire Bay Area 2016 concluded this past weekend and I was grateful for taking the time to attend. Self-described as “part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new”, the Maker Faire brings together tech enthusiasts, hobbyists, engineers, educators, students and many more, to show what they have made and to share what they have learned.
Read MoreCongressman Mike Honda Visits Bay Area Circuits’ Manufacturing Plant in California
Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA-17) met with executives and employees of Bay Area Circuits at their manufacturing facility in Fremont, California. Coordinated by IPC, the world's leading association for electronics manufacturing companies, this visit is part of a nationwide effort to educate policymakers about legislative and regulatory issues that affect...
Read MoreBAC Adds Accu-Score: Max-V Scoring in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley, CA, January 13, 2016 – Bay Area Circuits, Inc., a leading quick-turn manufacturer of printed circuit boards (PCBs), announces it has purchased and installed an Accu-Score AS-100-MAX VScoring machine in its Silicon Valley facility. The AS-100-MAX is a …
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The Gerber Format; an Interview with Ucamco
For engineers new to PCB design, the term ‘Gerber files’ will quickly become a part of their everyday vernacular. And as such, it’s a topic we’ve covered frequently and will cover again today by going straight to the source via …
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