The flex circuits design guide and general guide are offered as an aid to designers and specifiers.
The flex circuits general guide includes definitions, advantages, and types of flexible printed circuits.
The flex circuits design guide includes an artwork and layout section, mechanical considerations for designing circuits, differences to be remembered when designing circuits, and a section detailing the Workmanship Design and Material standards for use with flexible circuits. This highlights the most common mistake made by designers; which is to look at a companies maximum capability of each circuit element, and then to design his board around these parameters. The designer and buyer are then puzzled when they are quoted a relatively high price for their board. If it's at the limits it costs more - If it's at all the limits it's a nightmare! Hence the need for a design guide.
The flexible circuits designers links point to some useful tools such as gerber, and drg/dxf viewers. The final link gives access to ohms law calculators, impedance calculators, inductance calculators, voltage drop and wire gauge calculators etc.,
For information on where to purchase flex circuits visit flexible circuits manufacturer Flexible Technology Limited
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