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PCB design and layout services generate schematics and computer aided design (CAD) files for printed circuit boards (PCBs). They produce industry-standard Gerber files and provide fabrication and assembly drawings that depict board dimensions, hole sizes, board thickness, multi-layer stack-up, and part placement. PCB design and layout services also set the footprints or pads where parts are soldered to the board. Some PCB design and layout services help customers to re-evaluate, redesign or modernize existing board layouts to increase performance and reduce manufacturing costs. Others offer rapid prototyping or perform simulated testing. PCB design and layout services that perform PCB fabrication are also available. There are two basic assembly methods. Surface mount technology (SMT) solders a component’s leads or terminals to the top surface of the board. Through hole technology (THT) mounts components by inserting component leads through holes in the board and then soldering the leads in place on the opposite side of the board. 


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