MEP EP#267: Honey, I Shrunk The Parts

MEP EP#267: Honey, I Shrunk The Parts

• Tradeoffs on component sizes
  
  
  
  • "World's Smallest" Claims Can Come With Trade-Offs
  
  
  • Design and Production considerations when going small
    
    
    • Different PCB Design Rule Checks
    
    
    • PCB pricing
    
    
    • Via in Pad
    
    
    • Escaping Components
    
    
    • Silkscreen
      
      
      • Part placements
      
      
      • Assembly documents
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Tooling
      
      
      • Paste Jetter
      
      
      • Stencil coatings
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• STICKERS/Labels for products
  
  
  
  • Find out what label printers your CM is using
  
  
  • Consumable items
  
  
  • Label Material
  
  
  • Location! Location! Location!
  
  
  • Printing Instructions and Information
  
  
  • Databases
  
  
  
  


• Low frequency Network analyzer
  
  
  
  • Perhaps I am looking for the wrong thing but I can’t seem to find what I want
  
  
  • 1hz to 100khz range
  
  
  • Can always do it manually but damn is it slow
  
  
  • Tsunami - this is *almost* what I want but not really good enough
  
  
  • I want to design one but no…..