Hatisitsoeng oa potoloho boto (PCB) ke karolo ea bohlokoa bakeng sa indasteri e ‘ngoe le e’ ngoe ea elektronike. Mehleng ea pele, tlhahiso ea PCB e ne e le mokhoa o liehang, o tloaelehileng. Ha theknoloji e ntse e ntlafala, ts’ebetso e se e potlakile, e na le boiqapelo ebile e rarahane le ho feta. Mong le e mong moreki hloka liphetoho tse itseng ho PCB ka hare ho meeli e itseng nako. In some cases, custom PCB production takes up to an hour. Leha ho le joalo, haeba tloaelo ea PCB e lekoa ts’ebetsong qetellong ea ts’ebetso ‘me tlhahlobo e hloleha, moetsi le moreki ba ka se khone ho lefella tahlehelo. Mona ke moo prototyping ea PCB e kenang. PCB prototyping ke mohato oa bohlokoa tlhahiso ea PCB, empa ke hobane’ng ha ho le bohlokoa hakaale? Sengoliloeng sena se tšohla hantle hore na lits’oants’o li tlameha ho fana ka eng le hore na hobaneng li le bohlokoa.

PCB prototype Introduction

PCB prototyping ke tshebetso iterative eo PCB bayemi le baenjiniere ba leka ‘maloa PCB moralo le mekhoa e kopano. The purpose of these iterations is to determine the best PCB design. Ka tlhahiso ea PCB, lisebelisoa tsa boto ea potoloho, thepa ea substrate, likarolo, likarolo tsa ho kenya likarolo, litempele, likarolo le lintlha tse ling li nkuoa khafetsa ke baenjiniere. Ka ho kopanya le ho bapisa likarolo tsa moralo le tlhahiso ea lintlha tsena, ho ka etsoa qeto ea mekhoa e sebetsang ka ho fetisisa ea PCB le mekhoa ea tlhahiso. Boholo ba nako, li-prototypes tsa PCB li etsoa lipulong tse fumanehang. However, for robust applications, physical PCB prototypes can be manufactured to test functionality. A PCB prototype can be a digital model, a virtual prototype, or a fully functional (look-alike) prototype. Because prototyping was an early adoption of Manufacture and Assembly Design (DFMA), the PCB assembly process has many benefits in the long run.

The importance of prototype manufacturing in PCB manufacturing

Leha baetsi ba bang ba PCB ba tlola prototyping ho boloka nako ea tlhahiso, ho etsa joalo hangata ho fapane. Here are some of the benefits of prototyping that make this step effective or essential.

A prototype defines the design flow for manufacturing and assembly. This means that all factors related to manufacturing and assembly are considered only during PCB design. Sena se fokotsa mekoallo ea tlhahiso.

In PCB manufacturing, suitable materials for a particular type of PCB are selected during prototyping. In this step, engineers test and try a variety of materials before choosing the right one. Ka hona, thepa ea thepa e joalo ka ho hanela lik’hemik’hale, ho hanyetsa mafome, ho tšoarella, joalo-joalo e lekoa feela mekhahlelong ea pele. This rules out the possibility of failure due to material incompatibilities in the later stages.

Hangata PCBS e hlahisoa ka bongata. Li-PCBS tsa moralo o le mong li sebelisoa bakeng sa tlhahiso ea bongata. If the design is custom, the potential for design errors is high. If a design error occurs, the same error is replicated across thousands of PCBS in mass production. This can result in significant losses, including material inputs, production costs, equipment usage costs, labor costs and time. PCB prototyping thusa hlwaya le ho lokisa liphoso tsa moralo qalong pele ho tlhahiso.

Often, if a PCB design error is found during production or assembly or even operation, the designer must start from scratch. Often, reverse engineering is required to check for errors in manufactured PCBS. Redesigning and reproducing would waste too much time. Because prototyping resolves errors only at the design stage, repetition is saved.

They have been designed and manufactured to look and work similarly compared to final product requirements. Therefore, product feasibility increases due to prototype design.