Basics, tips and tricks for working with silkscreen and solder mask in PCB designs. PCBs by PCBWay [SUPPORT] Hardware design courses: Course content: Patreon: Free trial of Altium Designer: Free search engine for the best quality components from Octopart: Learn about Altium 365, the electronics product design platform that unites PCB design, MCAD, data management, and teamwork: [GIT] [SOCIAL] Instagram: [LINKS] Vias 101: Traces 101: Silkscreen: Solder Mask: [TIMESTAMPS] 00:00 Introduction 03:02 PCBWay 03:44 Altium Designer Free Trial 04:35 Silkscreen 08:39 Silkscreen Sizing 11:02 Silkscreen Placement & Clearance 14:17 Silkscreen Date Code 15:04 Silkscreen Tip for Dense Designs 15:40 Solder Mask 18:54 Solder Mask Expansion 20:13 Solder Mask Colour Considerations 21:16 Solder Mask Slivers (Bridges) 25:05 Tented Vias 26:15 (Non) Solder Mask Defined Pads 27:55 Outro
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