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Jim Marsh

Jim Marsh
Jim Marsh has been with Epec Engineered Technologies for over 12 years. Jim is the CAM/CAD Engineer-FLEX Specialist (CCEF) and has extensive knowledge in manufacturing design software. He works directly with the Flex and Rigid-Flex product manager to review designs, quote requests, and help customers early in development prior to manufacturing. The technical support provided to production by Jim contributes to Epec’s continuous growth.

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How to Specify Dielectric Call-outs in Your PCB Design

Written by Jim Marsh
Posted on January 13, 2021 at 9:19 AM

As printed circuit boards (PCBs) progressed, requiring their functions to be more and more complex and diverse, the number of layers increased from 1-2 layers, up to 4-30 layers, with 4-12-layer boards being more typical.

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PCB Tolerances for Routing, Drilling, and Chemical Plating

Written by Jim Marsh
Posted on June 24, 2020 at 9:42 AM

Having been involved in the printed circuit board (PCB) world for nearly four decades, I continue to see the same drawing mistakes. When declaring PCB tolerances in any given design, the PCB designer must take into consideration the manufacturing of the board itself. In this blog post, we will review some of the issues we commonly see in PCB designs that are not allowing the proper tolerances for the routing, drilling, and plating processes.

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Minimum Flexible PCB Specifications Needed for an Accurate Quote

Written by Jim Marsh
Posted on March 20, 2020 at 10:43 AM

In the rigid printed circuit board (PCB) world, you can easily generate a quote with cookie cutter specs, such as 0.062” thick, with FR4, green soldermask, and white silkscreen. With those standard specifications, you could quote a huge number of rigid PCBs.

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How To Design PCBs - Engineering Advice on Details

Written by Jim Marsh
Posted on June 19, 2018 at 2:04 PM

In front-end engineering, we must gather as much manufacturing information as possible from the printed circuit board data we receive. This includes customer service notes, customer emails, and the general spec, if available. Usually there is enough information to release a printed circuit board (PCB) package to manufacturing. However, I have found many gray areas that haunt our engineering department.

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Combining PCB Surface Finishes on External PCB Layers

Written by Jim Marsh
Posted on February 26, 2018 at 11:05 AM

The reason printed circuit boards (PCBs) require a surface finish rather than being left as simply bare copper is because while copper is an excellent conductor, leaving it exposed will cause it to oxidize and deteriorate over time. The increased exposure will cause the PCB to fail much sooner than expected.

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