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Altium Develop connects design, supply chain, and manufacturing in one cloud platform so DFM issues like these get caught long before your board reaches fabrication: altium.com/develop?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=one-minute-pcb-design-reviews&utm_content=5-quick-fixes-for-this-bms-board
In this One Minute PCB Design Review, Tech Consultant Zach Peterson walks through a battery management system (BMS) communication PCB and pinpoints five quick fixes that make the board cleaner, more manufacturable, and far less likely to trip up a fabricator. Zach reviews unnecessary thermal reliefs applied to vias, explains why they're redundant when SMD pads on the copper pour already carry them, and shows how a stray top designator layer got misclassified as copper in his CAM tool and generated floating copper errors.
From there, Zach reviews the board edge clearance and recommends an 8 to 10 mil copper pullback to keep the pour off the rout line, flags drill hits spaced too closely together that would create a hole-wall to hole-wall distance violation, and corrects an oversized solder mask expansion on the vias that was starving the SMD pads of the expansion they actually need. It's a fast, practical look at the manufacturing details that separate a good BMS layout from a fabrication-ready one, making it essential viewing for any PCB designer focused on design for manufacturability.
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Altium Develop connects design, supply chain, and manufacturing in one cloud platform so DFM issues like these get caught long before your board reaches fabrication: altium.com/develop?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=one-minute-pcb-design-reviews&utm_content=5-quick-fixes-for-this-bms-board
In this One Minute PCB Design Review, Tech Consultant Zach Peterson walks through a battery management system (BMS) communication PCB and pinpoints five quick fixes that make the board cleaner, more manufacturable, and far less likely to trip up a fabricator. Zach reviews unnecessary thermal reliefs applied to vias, explains why they're redundant when SMD pads on the copper pour already carry them, and shows how a stray top designator layer got misclassified as copper in his CAM tool and generated floating copper errors.
From there, Zach reviews the board edge clearance and recommends an 8 to 10 mil copper pullback to keep the pour off the rout line, flags drill hits spaced too closely together that would create a hole-wall to hole-wall distance violation, and corrects an oversized solder mask expansion on the vias that was starving the SMD pads of the expansion they actually need. It's a fast, practical look at the manufacturing details that separate a good BMS layout from a fabrication-ready one, making it essential viewing for any PCB designer focused on design for manufacturability.
🔹 Connect with Zach: Want your design reviewed by Zach? Reach out to him on LinkedIn with your design and production files for a chance to be featured on our channel: linkedin.com/in/zachariah-peterson
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Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more in-depth tutorials and tips from @AltiumAcademy Share your thoughts and questions in the comments below!
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👉 Follow Altium on Facebook: facebook.com/AltiumOfficial
The Altium Academy is an online experience created to bring modern education to PCB Designers and Engineers all across the world. Here you can access a vast library of free training and educational content covering everything from basic design to advanced principles and step-by-step walkthroughs. Join industry legends as they share their career knowledge, review real-life design projects, or learn how to leverage one of Altium's leading design tools. No matter your level of experience, the Altium Academy can help you become a better Designer and Engineer!
About Altium LLC
Altium LLC (ASX:ALU), a global software company based in San Diego, California, is accelerating the pace of innovation through electronics. From individual inventors to multinational corporations, more PCB designers and engineers choose Altium software to design and realize electronics-based products.
#Altium #PCBDesign #BMS
