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Altium Develop gives your whole team — from PCB designers to manufacturing engineers — real-time visibility into designs so issues like missing paste layers and silkscreen errors get caught before they become costly fab mistakes: altium.com/develop?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=one-minute-pcb-design-reviews&utm_content=close-but-not-quite-ready-to-fab
In this 1 Min PCB Design Review, Tech Consultant Zach Peterson reviews a community-submitted STM32 and LLCC68 radio module PCB. Zach identifies several issues that need to be addressed before this board is ready for fabrication, including a confusing board outline with what appears to be both a standard edge and a routed path, copper pours extending to the route and board edges, and mysterious slots around the coplanar ground with no clear purpose.
Zach also calls out silkscreen markings for the SPI interface that are hidden underneath components, pin labels buried beneath a connector body, silkscreen falling directly onto solder mask openings, and — critically — a missing paste layer in the Gerber package. While this design shows solid promise, these are the kinds of pre-fab details that can derail an otherwise good board. Watch to learn what to look for before you send your own design to the fab house.
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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!
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Altium Develop gives your whole team — from PCB designers to manufacturing engineers — real-time visibility into designs so issues like missing paste layers and silkscreen errors get caught before they become costly fab mistakes: altium.com/develop?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=one-minute-pcb-design-reviews&utm_content=close-but-not-quite-ready-to-fab
In this 1 Min PCB Design Review, Tech Consultant Zach Peterson reviews a community-submitted STM32 and LLCC68 radio module PCB. Zach identifies several issues that need to be addressed before this board is ready for fabrication, including a confusing board outline with what appears to be both a standard edge and a routed path, copper pours extending to the route and board edges, and mysterious slots around the coplanar ground with no clear purpose.
Zach also calls out silkscreen markings for the SPI interface that are hidden underneath components, pin labels buried beneath a connector body, silkscreen falling directly onto solder mask openings, and — critically — a missing paste layer in the Gerber package. While this design shows solid promise, these are the kinds of pre-fab details that can derail an otherwise good board. Watch to learn what to look for before you send your own design to the fab house.
🔹 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
💡 Stay Connected:
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 Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/altium
👉 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.
#PCBDesign #Altium #STM32
