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    Blind and burried vias and micro vias

    I came across some hobbyists and they told me that, they would rather go for multi layers or micro vias than burried vias? Why is that? I also heard it is more expensive to make blind and burried vias. Why? Just curious...
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    Taiwan laminate? What other types of laminates are there in market?

    I came across a site which was indicating that some PCB manufacturers were using Taiwan laminate on the PCB. What is Taiwan laminate? How do you distinguish if a board had been fabricated with this substance? How is the quality? What is the difference between Taiwan laminate and Tg...?
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    Soldermask question???

    Peelable solder mask (PSM) is a temporary solder mask which is applied to a PCB prior to the Hot Air Solder Leveling (HASL) process. Its purpose is to protect gold plated surfaces from being coated with solder. PSM is manually removed after HASL. LPISM is permanent solder mask.
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    PCB online quote or cost calculator?

    You can try the following sites; **broken link removed** https://www.screamingcircuits.com/Order/?ServiceType=Simple+Proto I would recommend going for Bittele, as their online quote is excluding the shipping cost and even after adding shipping fees, it does not make much of a difference. I...
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    The difference between HASL and ENIG platings

    HASL stands for Hot Air Solder Leveling. ENIG stands for Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold. Both HASL and ENIG are two different types of a surface finish used for plating the Printed Circuit Boards(PCB). HASL is less environment friendly than ENIG. Choosing ENIG over HASL, reduces the use of...
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    PCB supplier from Canada and America

    There are a lot of EMS provider in North America. Some of them are as follows; screamingcircuits https://www.screamingcircuits.com/ Bittele Electronics **broken link removed** Advanced Assembly, LLC. https://www.aapcb.com/ RushPCB **broken link removed** Hopefully, the list will continue.......

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