PCB fabrication, assembly and bring-up

Design files are not a product. We manage fabrication and assembly through trusted partners, do board bring-up on our own bench, and debug what the schematic did not predict.

How we get boards built

We manage fabrication and assembly through a network of qualified partners. Bring-up, rework and test happen on our own bench — with our engineers.

Bare PCB fabrication panels

Fabrication

Bare board manufacture placed with qualified PCB partners, to our stack-up specification and controlled tolerances.

Solder paste stencil printing

SMT Assembly

Stencil printing, automated pick-and-place and reflow — managed through our assembly partners. 0201, QFP, QFN and BGA capable.

Through-hole and selective soldering

Through-Hole & Selective

Hand assembly and selective soldering for connectors, transformers and power components — placed with specialist partners.

Automated optical inspection

Inspection & AOI

Automated optical inspection and X-ray for BGA solder joint verification at the assembly partner before dispatch.

Board bring-up and debug bench

Board Bring-Up (in-house)

Power sequencing, first boot, firmware flash, peripheral checkout and debug — on our own bench by our engineers.

BGA and fine-pitch rework under microscope

Rework & Repair (in-house)

Microscope-level BGA, QFN and fine-pitch rework. Hot-air and soldering iron rework station in our ESD-controlled lab.

Conformal coating and final board assembly

Coating & Final Build

Conformal coating, UV verification, enclosure integration and shipping — co-ordinated with our assembly partners.

Test & validation

Functional Test

Custom jigs and bed-of-nails fixtures for repeatable, production-grade test coverage.

Environmental Screening

Thermal cycling and stress screening. Thermocouple monitoring on key components.

EMI / EMC Pre-Compliance

Near-field scanning and pre-compliance testing before you pay for an accredited chamber.

Measurement & Characterisation

Full instrumented bench — oscilloscope, DMM, spectrum analyser and programmable electronic load.

Documentation & Traceability

Test reports, inspection photographs and records in the format your acceptance procedure requires.

Quality Records

Component lot traceability, solder paste batch records and process control documentation.

Volumes & turnaround

StageTypical turnaroundNotes
Prototype (1–5 assemblies)Contact usDesign verification builds, debug-friendly
Pilot (5–50 assemblies)Contact usPre-production validation
ProductionContact usVolume pricing on request
Supply modelTurnkey (we source everything) or consigned (you provide parts)
Accepted formatsGerber X2, ODB++, IPC-2581 + BOM + pick-and-place

Have Gerbers ready?

Send them for a build quote. We will confirm stack-up, BOM sourcing and timeline.

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