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…..