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Countersinks and Counterbores for Printed Circuit Boards

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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 …
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Bay Area Circuits Annual Open House An Opportunity To Display Support For Education

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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...
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Opening Doors And Minds On National Manufacturing Day

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“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 …
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NASA Robotic Mining Competition – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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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.
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Announcing the Availability of PCB Creator v3

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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.
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BAC Enhances PCB Online Store With New Benefits & Improvements

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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

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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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The Rebirth of Silicon Valley Hardware Manufacturing

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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.
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Maker Faire: Why We Love & Support It

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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.
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Congressman Mike Honda Visits Bay Area Circuits’ Manufacturing Plant in California

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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...
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The Gerber Format; an Interview with Ucamco

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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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Bay Area Circuits Annual Open House A Huge Success

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Silicon Valley, CA, October 28, 2015 – Bay Area Circuits, Inc., a leading quick-turn manufacturer of printed circuit boards (PCBs), hosted its third annual Open House on Friday, October 9th from 11:00AM to 3:00 PM. Over one hundred and fifty …
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PCB Prototyping Made Easy; An Interview with Modern Printed Circuits

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“Having the competitive edge is paramount in today’s PCB manufacturing industry. With outsourcing becoming more and more cost-efficient for prototyping and assembly, American board shops are developing new, unique ways to keep the business in the US and offer significant …
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BAC Introduces Customer Loyalty Reward Program

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Silicon Valley, CA, September 22, 2015 – Bay Area Circuits, Inc., a leading quick-turn manufacturer of printed circuit boards (PCBs), has launched the PCB industry’s first reward program, providing customers with substantial savings on printed circuit board orders placed through …
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Manufacturing Day Celebrates & Inspires Modern Manufacturing

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In a post last year, we discussed the trend of reshoring (or onshoring) the manufacturing of Printed Circuit Boards. Organizations like the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) are supporting reshoring efforts and track key statistics related to trends in manufacturing. …
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BAC Selects Seica Flying-Probe PCB Test System

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San Jose, CA – June 22, 2015 – Bay Area Circuits, Inc. has purchased a Rapid 270 bare-board tester as announced by Seica Inc’s sales representative in Northwestern USA, Zero Defects International. This tester will augment a Seica S240 fully …
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BAC To Exhibit At Del Mar Electronics & Design Show

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Silicon Valley, CA, April 28, 2015 – Bay Area Circuits, Inc., a leading quick-turn manufacturer of printed circuit boards (PCBs), announced it will be exhibiting at next week’s Del Mar Electronics & Design Show, held on May 6th & 7th …
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