How to request a PCB manufacturing service?

Today it is extremely easy and affordable to prototype PCBs. The following is a tutorial on how you can request a PCB manufacturing service.

After designing the robot's PCB, we requested the services of the JLCPCB company, as it is good in quality and low cost. Of course, other companies are just as good, so feel free to choose.

About the color of the PCB, we opted for the white color because it improves the brightness performance of the LEDs, but there are no restrictions on this.

Although we used some SMD components, we had no difficulty using the soldering iron to solder them. That way, a stencil board was not required.

To start an order, simply download the Gerber File, and send it to the PCB manufacturing service of your choice. Just pay attention to these requirements:

  • Finished Copper >= 1 oz
  • Min Hole Size: 0.3mm
  • Min Track/Spacing: 6/6mil

PCB view

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Here is an exemple using the JLCPCB manufacturing service.

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After a few days we receive the PCBs and we can start assembling the components.

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