PCB Prototyping Service
what is PCB Prototyping?
PCB prototyping is a way to make your product without the need for expensive manufacturing processes, as it only takes about two hours in total to produce one prototype that sells at an average price of $10-20. This will give you plenty of opportunities to test different features before mass production begins which could result in lower costs down the road.
Our PCB Prototyping Services
PCB prototyping service is the first step to manufacturing PCBs. It helps to speed up the design process for any product or device before it is mass-produced and/or sold on the market, in order to ensure that all engineering specifications are met. This can save time, money, and frustration when it comes down to ordering boards without having any idea of what they’ll look like or how much it’ll cost you until after a few rounds of revisions are made.
PCB Design Process
The design process begins with a PCB layout. From there, we will specify what components are going to be used on the circuit board and how we placed them on the individual layers of it.
PCB Fast Prototyping
This allows customers who wish to prototype their designs or test new technologies saving time and cost associated with prototypes that have been tested fully at various stages along the way.
PCB Prototype Production
PCB prototypes are manufactured by printing the circuits on a rigid substrate such as FR-4. In order to print circuitry, it is necessary first to model or scan an object with your CAD software and then extract the individual layers.
Laser PCB Prototyping
Cutting through conductive tracks in desired locations using drills or lasers, etching away unwanted material if needed (usually a chemical agent), and finally attaching additional materials like solder masking tape , silk screening.
Types of Prototyping Boards
PCB prototyping boards are different types of PCBs designed for testing and evaluation. These prototypes can be used to evaluate the performance of your design prior to starting mass production or assembly. PCB Prototype Boards include:
characteristic
- wire wrap board
- perfboard
- breadboard
- stripboard
material
- FR-4 substrates/boards
- acrylic boards
- copper-clad boards
- paper composite PCB boards
layer pcb
- single side
- double sided
- Multilayer prototype PCBs (MLPCBs)
how to make a PCB prototyping?
Below are our specific pcb design process and prototype production:
a. The prototype demand customer fills in the “Prototype Demand Form” to the development department. The “Prototype Demand Form” must indicate the customer name, the prototype demand list number, the product name, the number of prototypes, the date of demand for the prototype, the number and color of the remote control, and the required Accessories, packaging, if the function is different from the existing model, please indicate the required function.
b. The “Prototype Demand Form” must be signed and confirmed by the customer who needs the prototype.
c. After the development department receives the prototype request form, it must confirm the delivery date and prototype function. If there is any problem, it must reply in time, and will negotiate with the same prototype demand customer to solve it. If necessary, the prototype demand customer will change the “Prototype Demand List”. If there is a problem, the person in charge of the development department will sign and hand over the sample unit for production.
d. After the prototype unit receives the “Prototype Demand Form”, the number of materials received is more than 1-5 sets of the required quantity, and the purchase requisition should be filled in time when the required materials are lacking.
e. For prototype design, software engineers design software, hardware engineers design circuit and PCB LAYOUT.
a. The hardware engineer is responsible for making and filing the schematic diagram, component list. Software engineers are responsible for the numbering and archiving of source and object code.
b. The test team tests and fills in the “Test Record” according to the requirements of the “Prototype Demand List”, and the appearance inspection is based on the “Appearance Inspection Standard for the Whole Machine”. New product prototypes need to select 1-5 units for high and low temperature test, loading test, noise test, and fill in the “Test Record”, “Noise Test Report”, “High and Low Temperature Test Report”, and the machine that has done the noise test. Can not sample.
c. In the process of prototype making, if it is found that the prototype cannot be completed on time according to the delivery time, the person in charge of the development department shall notify the customer who needs the prototype in time, and will negotiate with the person in charge of the same machine unit.
d. After the prototype is completed, provide instructions and installation circuit diagrams, and pack it in boxes according to the packaging requirements. The person in charge of the development department must review it and fill in the corresponding “Prototype Performance/Function Confirmation Form”.
e. “Prototype Demand Sheet”, “Prototype Performance/Function Confirmation Form”, and the test reports that have been done (“Test Record”, “Noise Test Report”, “High and Low Temperature Test Report”) shall be archived by the development department to For reference. The new product prototype also needs to archive the following materials: schematic diagram, PCB board diagram, soldering diagram, wire diagram, installation circuit diagram, manual, CPU source program, object code, etc. For prototypes made by modifying the original products, if the above technical data are changed, the changed data should also be archived.
The Development Department shall fill out the “Prototype Signing List” and “Prototype Performance/Function Confirmation Form”, and deliver it to the relevant prototype demand customers together with the produced prototype to sign for receipt.
Prototype requirements Customers should test after receiving the prototype. If any software or hardware problems are found in the test, they should record them in detail and communicate to the development department in writing. The problem happened again.
PCB Prototype Cost
pcb prototyping costs can vary depending on factors such as the size of the project, complexity of electronic circuits, or required materials that are used with pcb prototypes. The total cost of prototyping pcbs usually includes the cost of the printed circuit board material, pcb production, component cost, and pcb testing.
printed circuit boards
What you will pay for a prototype of a printed circuit board PCB depends on many variables. Most PCBs need to be made of four layers, of course adding more layers can help reduce board size, but it will increase the cost of the board.
- Size of prototyping pcbs
- Layers of prototyping pcbs
- Circuit board material: FR4 material, etc.
- PCB technology (blind and buried vias)
PCB manufacturing
The production process mainly includes PCB layout, core board production, inner-layer PCB layout transfer, core board drilling and inspection, lamination, drilling, copper chemical precipitation on hole walls, and outer-layer PCB layout. Transfer, outer PCB etching, etc.
- PCB manufacturing process
- PCB surface treatment
- Assembly of circuit boards
surface mount components
It's one of the SMT (Surface Mount Technology) components, consists of the actual all surface-mount devices, and manual soldering. Compared to production and assembly of circuit boards, components cost less.
- Rectangular chip components
- cylindrical chip components
- composite chip components
- special-shaped chip components
circuit board prototypes testing
Electronic components must be tested before they are soldered to the PCB circuit board, the testing cost vary depending on the test methods. It consist of manual visual inspection and automated machine inspection.
- AOI Test(Automated Optical Inspection)
- X-ray inspection
- flying probe testing
- In-circuit testing
prototyping pcbs quality control
Quality Control of Prototyping PCB is a complicated process that requires the right personnel and equipment. Our factory have control engineers to ensure quality standards throughout an entire production line. Quality control involves checking each individual step in production, from sampling raw materials to inspecting finished products for defects. The following are some ways we implement quality control:
- X-Ray detection system for BGA inspection
- Automatic optical inspection (AOI)
- TDR test for cable
- PCB function testing
- Electrical Testing: Bed of Needles and Flying Probe Testing
How to Order Prototype PCB Board from Well Done?
Submit Requirement
Submit your requirement details of pcb assembly on the form, upload your files is available. And we'll reply to you within 24 hours.
Confirm PCB Project
Our expert will contact you for the project details, reply to you with a quotation, and confirm the order after recieving your payment.
Sample Prototype
The sample will be arranged to produce as you expect within 1 day, then we confirm with you the appearance and function.
Delivery Goods
Lead time: At last, your sample w'll be finally shipped to you within 7-15 days. It'll depends the shipping way you choose.