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PCBWay Q&A-003 | Common Questions for PCBA Ordering-01

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  PCB Assembly is one of the main services on PCBWay. Compared with PCB production, PCB assembly process has higher technical requirements and involves more complicated steps. For each step, you might have some questions or something unclear. Today our senior service representative — Angell will be our instructor and explainer to guide us knowing better about PCBWay assembly service. Q1:How can we place a PCB assembly order at PCBWay? Is it the same with the PCB order process? Angell:At PCBWay, we’ve been trying to make everything easier for our clients and minimize their operations, so placing an PCBA order can be very simple and quite similar with the PCB order process — Fill out the basic information, upload the required files, and get the final price to proceed. Let’s check out the  assembly quote page , and I’d like to introduce more details to you. As we can see from the assembly quote page, we have 3 options of component supply: Turnkey, which means PCBWay supplys all the parts;

PCBWay TV Show 05 Cool DIY Game Gadgets

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Now mobile games and e-sports games occupy a large part of the market. But there is always a group of people who like nostalgic consoles and retro games, and it even has become a kind of game culture.Today we’ll introduce various interesting DIY games designed by PCBWayers.Let’s go check them together! 1.DIY Arduino TETRIS Game Tetris is a very classic casual game. The secret of the success of this game lies in the simplicity of its operation and the sense of accomplishment in finding order from chaos during the puzzle process. @Hacktuber  made a Tetris game with Arduino and 2pcs of 8X9 dot led matrix modules which contain every classic function. And the total cost was just $11. 2.Led Game Gadget @Hacktuber also made a Led Game Gadget. The four colors of LED lights will flash in sequence as the players press the corresponding buttons. And each color light represents a syllable. 3.Hit the Hamster Speed/Memory Test Game A DIY replica of an electronic speed test game, manufactured by Coin

PCBWay TV Show 04- PCB Can be ART!

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  PCB art design is the practice of putting high-quality visual designs and patterns on a circuit board. PCB Art has many forms. These can be simple things like text and logos of a company, or more advanced patterns like pictures and vector graphics. Today we’ll introduce some more beautiful PCBWayer’s PCB Artworks for you. Let’s go check them. 1. Brainy “Brainy is a beautiful PCB pin badge, it is shaped like a brain and it has a funny face with a band-aid. Wear it and shine everywhere! It has 8 charlieplexed white Led’s, 6 on the front and 2 on the back. They simulate the neurons activity. It is powered with a CR2032 battery and has a button to select the desired animation. Press it for change the animation or to turn it off (low power mode). Is controlled by a PIC12LF1822 and all the design files (Eagle PCB project and MPLAB firmware) are open source, so you can make your own animations and upload it with the built-in ICSP connector. Use your brain and customize your badge!!!” 2.Pika

PCBWay Q&A-002 | Common Questions for PCB Ordering

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  Hello PCBWayers, this Q&A 002 is about the common questions about PCB order-placing. And we invited Bella, one of our senior Service Representatives, to answer those questions. Bella has been worked at PCBWay for more than 4 years now, and her professionalism in work always makes people feel very reliable. Let's go check it! Q1: Which kinds of files are supported for PCB fabrication on PCBWay ? Bella:Currently we could check Gerber file, .pcbdoc, .pcb file. Just in case that you only have Eagle file, Kicad PCB file, or other PCB design files, our blog has provided some tutorials about how to generate Gerber file. Just go check them . Q2: Could you briefly introduce the Quick Order to us? Bella:Sure. We have been committed to providing our customers with a more convenient and efficient way to place orders, that's why we offer 2 ways for you to get the instant quotations. Actually, you could tell the characteristics from its name, it's quick.  Q3:What's the differen