Questions tagged [panelize]
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How to panelize gerber files?
I am planning on ordering a panel with four different designs on it. Two were made in Altium, while the other two were made in Eagle.
Altium has a great tool for panelizing boards designed in it, but I don't believe it can put designs from other…
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Panelization (& Depaneling) a Metal Core PCB
What is preferred way to panelise a Metal Core PCB (MCPCB) - V-scoring or Tab-routing?
The engineering challenge I am facing is that the boards are meant for production (1,000 qty in the initial stage) and unfortunately the most economical SMT…
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What is the purpose of the sharp edges (aka mouse bites, aka perforated breakaway tabs) on the PCB?
I have received an NVIDIA Jetson board this week and it has the following edges near the mount holes:
I did a quick search on the internet but was only able to find similar edges on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module:
Could you please explain me why…
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How to create a break away to cut the board?
I am not a expert with Eagle 9.6 but I created a nice PCB. A friend of mine is going to assemble the part with a pick and place machine.
He asked me to enlarge my PCB to be able to fix the board and then cut this extra PCB. Exactly as we can see in…
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PCB panel design
I am designing a 4-Layer 0.5mm thickness PCB.
The outline is rather small which introduces some problems with panelizing the PCB. As I am a novice regarding these topics I would like to ask for help.
My PCB house does not have any recommendations on…
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Duplicate designators in a panelized design in Altium
I am using Altium 21. I am panelizing the design using Place -> Embedded Board Array/Panelize menu in a PCB editor and later output the Pick and Place centroid file from the resulting panelized .PcbDoc. When I do that I get duplicated reference…
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How are PCBs with castellated pins arranged in a panel?
Can anyone please describe to me how PCBs with castellated pins are arranged in a panel. My understanding is that castellated pins are formed by drilling the edge of a PCB then plating, similar to a normal via process (except the result is a plated…
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Altium Designer: panelization with test tracks
I have a board which I want to place in a panel. I can do it with Place -> Embedded Board Array/Panelize. Easy!
After that I was intended to place additional wiring and connectors on the panel (outside the multiplied boards). This wiring tracks…
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PCB Panelization Impact
What is the impact on a PCB design if it is panelized? I received a message from a PCB manufacturer:
In your order, the quantity of boards is large and the boards are quite small. Can we panelize the boards for easier handling? If no, will cost an…
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Altium Panelizing
I want to send my board to production however i am not sure a component's actual sizes because there is not enough information on its datasheet. I put its image and the necessary dimension "x".
This is the datasheet information;
This is the…
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Altium: can not remove or change black rectangle in panelization
I have a panelized pcb in altium. Opening it, a black rectangle shows in the background, as you can see in this picture:
The rectangle has no relation with the panelized pcb.
I want to remove it, or at least change its size, because if I print the…
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Who is responsible for panelizing solder paste layers?
When creating small PCBs, it is often convenient to panelize them for higher volume production. In my package of gerber files, I include all the layers for one image, and then include a PDF detailing the dimensions of the panel.
This has worked…
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