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High-Speed Routing Design: Tips for Engineers

Minimize undesirable parasitic effects occurring with high-speed signals. We cover stray inductors, dealing with crosstalk interference, and more.

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Solving Procurement Challenges for Your PCB Assembly

Curious how to resolve issues you may be having with your PCB assembly process? Read our guide to see how MacroFab can help!

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Via in Pad PCB Design

We will discuss the differences between via in pad and traditional vias, when should you use via in pad, and how to design for it.

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Age-Old Rivals: Engineering and Purchasing

Traditional manufacturing methods can put engineering and purchasing on separate battling sides.

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Platform Update: New Order Experience

Experience a new checkout process that gives you fewer steps to purchase; an updated address book and even greater transparency.

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Impedance Control – How MacroFab Helps You Solve It

Trace impedance is the sum of all the resistance and reactance components of an electrical signal path. Know when impedance control is vital for PCBAs.

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Proper Prototyping Practices for Product Development

Proper prototyping for product development can help your NPI get to market faster. Here are some guidelines to help ease this process.

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Third Anniversary of the MacroFab Engineering Podcast!

We're celebrating three years of the MacroFab Electronics Podcasting. Over 300,000 downloads and 158 episodes.

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2018 Review: MacroFab Platform Sees Record Growth

MacroFab experienced a record-breaking year in 2018, marked by aggressive growth in bookings and revenue.

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MacroFab Names Misha Govshteyn as CEO

MacroFab, a Houston-based electronics manufacturer is excited to announce that board member, Misha Govshteyn has moved into a new role as Chief Executive O

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Best of 2018: MacroFab Edition

With 2018 coming to a close, lets take a look back and pull some highlights what MacroFab has done this year.

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Smaller Prototypes Possible with New Standard DRC Specs

Here at MacroFab, we are always striving to improve our service and capabilities we offer. Today we announce smaller Standard DRC Specifications!

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Pre-FAB Checklist: Considerations for PCBA Mass Production

Scaling you PCBA into mass production can be challenging. We have tips and tricks to ease the transition from prototype forward.

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Red Hot PCB: QWERTY Keyboard Badge for Hackaday

This is the newest revision of the Basic Badge. It has a full QWERTY keyboard, beautiful color screen, and a speaker with 3-voice audio.

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Eliminating Fear of a Bad Prototype with Pre-Order Checklists

Here is a pre-order checklist for prototytypes to go through while preparing for manufacturing. Order with confidence with these tips!

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Particle Spectra: Parker’s recap of the conference

Parker attended Particle's first ever Spectra Conference. Here's a recap of what he learned at the 2018 IoT event.

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Platform Updates: XLSX BoM and Dashboard Updates

Our team continuously collaborates to roll out improvements that will give you the best manufacturing experience possible.

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PCB Options: Custom PCB Board Thickness

MacroFab's Manufacturing Platform Enables Custom PCB Board Thickness. Read our short blog on how to create custom board thicknesses.

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Expanded PCB Layer Options. Introducing 10, 12, 14, & 16 Layer

Support for 10 to 16 layer PCBs have landed at MacroFab! Learn more about options for different PCB layers and try out the service today.

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RESULTS: MacroFab Design Contest: Blink an LED Sponsored by Mouser Electronics

Howdy everyone! We're announcing the contest results for the 2018 MacroFab Design Contest.

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Red Hot PCB: Improving Flight Simulation

This featured circuit board contains ICs, which convert ARINC 429 data to a format that can be read by an attached Teensy micro-controller.

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Red Hot PCB: High Performance Audio DAC

MacroFab Red Hot PCB features the ApplePi DAC, an ultra-high performance audio I2S DAC hat for the Raspberry P that eliminates the need for pre-amplifiers.

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How to Go from Prototype to Production with MacroFab

From PCBA design validation testing to mass production, read our guide to know what to expect.

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MacroFab Blink an LED Design Contest - Sponsored by Mouser

Welcome to the MacroFab 'Blink an LED' Challenge, sponsored Mouser Electronics. This design contest is all about blinking an LED or LEDs.

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