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Barebones and Golden Gate Special Requirements

Requirements for Golden Gate Special:   ( Panel: 18”x24”  with usable space equal to 16½” x 22½”.  As many boards as each panel can yield.  Max. 20 panels.  The silkscreen layer: white.  Production time: 5 days. ) Layers:  1 or 2 Thickness (mils):  31 or 40 or 47 …
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Navigating Instant DFM

Instant DFM is a revolutionary tool that makes quoting Printed Circuit Boards easier and quicker.  Our automated quoting service helps quote PCBs quicker than ever before. Here are the steps to receiving a quote for your PCB.  You will also …
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LPI Soldermask & PCB Manufacturing – Bay Area Circuits

Liquid Photoimageable (LPI) Soldermask For many years the only color you would see on a printed circuit board was green.  Maybe a military influence?  The color of the printed circuit board is only a small part of the consideration for …
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Tips for Including Fonts & Graphics on a PCB

As PCB aesthetics continue to grow in importance, we’re manufacturing more designs with specific fonts and graphics as a part of the PCB’s silkscreen layer. But if you’re not following the process we’re about to describe, don’t be surprised if things don’t turn out quite the way you expect!
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Don’t Be Surprised By Markings on a PCB

In the days of the old Model T Ford, you could get any color you wanted – as long as it was black.  Not that long ago it was the same way for printed circuit boards, of course, the only …
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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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