Anaheim, California

February 6-8, 2018

Anaheim Convention Center

Our team will showcase Advanced Circuits’ portfolio of PCB manufacturing solutions that include our expanded capabilities for advanced design requirements, Quickturn Prototyping options such as our Same Day & Weekend Turns, and our Cost-Saving Production Capabilities.

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Join Advanced Circuits at PCB West 2017

PCB West encompasses the entire PCB industry and brings together engineers, designers, fabricators, assemblers and managers to take advantage of unique opportunities to improve skills, increase knowledge and network with peers, colleagues and experts. Learn more.

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The company has made significant investments to ensure redundancy in its water treatment systems with two main ion exchange units with a full resin rebuild and a third ion exchange unit for its EDTA-based copper waste stream.  Advanced Circuits™ goes above and beyond industry standards to maximize efforts for preventing pollution and minimizing waste by recycling all scrap metal, waste copper etch solutions, reducing water usage with counter flow rinses and automated sensors, along with other environmentally conscious measures.

May 3rd, 2017 – 10:00 AM-5:00 PM
May 4th, 2017 – 10:00 AM-3:00 PM

The Advanced Circuits team will be exhibiting at the Del Mar Electronics & Manufacturing Show. A two day event that covers electronic components, assembly, fabrication, quality, test, and other aspects of electronics manufacturing with over 70 free seminars.

Stop by our booth to learn more about our printed circuit board fabrication capabilities with expedited turn-times, expanded material options, and the industry’s best on-time shipping record. While at our booth, ask for your $100 OFF Coupon to use on your next order with us.

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Aurora, CO – Advanced Circuits has released version 3.2 of its free professional-grade PCB design software, PCB Artist™, the most active PCB software on Downloads.com with over 265,000 downloads.  Since its first release in June of 2007, Advanced Circuits’ PCB Artist has become well known in the printed circuit board industry as the best free PCB design software for its ease-of-use, comprehensive tools, and advanced PCB layout capabilities.  The software has evolved to offer users more complex features while maintaining its popular user-friendly interface.  Many customers say they prefer using PCB Artist over their high-cost CAD platforms.

The new 3.2 version includes upgrades to the software’s “Library Manager”, improving the way users search and identify components from a library of over 500,000 parts.  Another new option called “Fetch Component”, on the Schematics and PCB Context Menu allows for quicker component placement to the user’s current cursor position with just a few clicks.  The 3.2 version expands its “Color by Net” feature to include “Color by Net Class” on both the Schematics and PCB Drawing modes for easier sorting and visualization of the different nets and net classes in the users’ PCB design.  Finally, a more accessible “Working Grid” that is now easily editable from the Status Bar.

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Join the Advanced Circuits team at PCB West 2016 in Santa Clara, California on Sept. 14th, 2016

Exhibit Hours: 10am – 6pm (Booth #313)

PCB West encompasses the entire PCB industry and brings together engineers, designers, fabricators, assemblers and managers to take advantage of unique opportunities to improve skills, increase knowledge and network with peers, colleagues and experts…(continue reading on PCBwest.com)

Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, California 95054
United States
Mission City Ballroom

Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology has been constantly improving and gaining in use since its introduction in the 1980’s. OLEDs offer a number of advantages over LCDs:

• OLEDs do not require backlight due to their inherent emissive properties
• Power consumption is reduced by the omission of the backlight requirement
• OLEDs do not suffer from viewing at different angles because of their consistent contrast ratio
• Response times are not so affected by temperature ranges, broadening their acceptable use

A huge factor in the use of modern OLED displays is their property of flexibility. Recent developments in OLED displays have taken advantage of the capability of bending or curving OLED displays, particularly in smartphones and television displays. This enhances the viewer experience and contributes to such uses as mounting on curved walls for advertising or other commercial uses.

Manufacturers adopting OLED technology must keep more than the properties of OLED displays under consideration. Flexibility and weight are certainly beneficial in the displays themselves, but the printed circuit boards (PCBs) that control the displays must be considered as well. PCBs must be designed to complement OLED products by also exhibiting small footprints, efficient layout for manufacturing, light weight, and often such flexible characteristics as the displays possess. Although in the past, flexible PCBs were often regarded as cost-prohibitive, the advantages in some applications have proven to justify the cost, especially over the long term. Flexibility can improve ease of installation and maintenance of products. Actual component assembly in flex PCBs is quite similar to that utilized in rigid PCB fabrication.

OLEDs’ inherent qualities make them well-suited to such commercial uses as window presentation displays and multiple lighting formats such as automotive lighting. Even broader uses of OLED lighting are being considered including area lighting formerly accomplished with fluorescent tubes and LED devices.

OLED Displays Integrated on PCBs

For specific applications, it is now also conceivable to incorporate OLED displays into the design of PCBs. The OLED display can be surface-mounted on the board along with the required display drivers and can operate with very low voltage requirements. These low current requirements allow top-emitting OLEDs incorporated into PCB boards to operate with no loss of supply voltage or efficiency.

PCBs containing OLED displays can be fabricated utilizing a construction methodology that places the OLED on the front side of the board and covered with a barrier level, while the functional components or driver panel are placed on or directly behind the display on the back side of the PCB. This results in an optimized design where space requirements are a concern.

PCB-integrated OLEDs are now available commercially in a variety of formats, sizes, interfaces, and colors to meet the requirements of various applications.

4K Displays and Applications

For those consumers who can no longer live with simple high-definition (HD) displays, the answer is to move up to 4K technology. As compared to HD, 4K provides double the resolution with four times the pixels. Images presented by 4K technology are therefore noticeably sharper. This can be significant to those who are developing computer graphic images or computer users who enjoy gaming situations where high-resolution graphics are incorporated.

Television manufacturers have been naturally quick to adopt 4K technology into their product offerings to meet the demands and enjoyment of prospective customers. Such sets bring high quality images to life through streaming internet video or utilizing this ultra-HD format from HDMI or USB sources, and more as they become available.

4K displays can typically be a standard upgrade or replacement for older display devices, but to get the maximum benefit in intensive graphics or gaming applications, more powerful PCB graphics cards capable of high-performance and maximized frame refresh rates will be required. These PCBs are capable of handling 4K displays with refresh rates in the 60Hz range, and for more extreme users, some are available that manage displays running at 144Hz refresh rates.

OLED and 4K PCB Conclusion

Fabricating products with OLED and 4K displays presents a new challenge to both PCB designers and manufacturers. Wearable technologies such as virtual reality glasses and smart watches are further extending the requirements for light and ultra-thin PCBs. This makes the utilization of computerized design tools and Design for Manufacturing (DFM) software all the more critical for successful PCB development.

Join Advanced Circuits at the Del Mar Electronics & Design Show
The Advanced Circuits team will be exhibiting at the Del Mar Electronics & Design Show.  A two day event that covers electronic components, fabrication, and other aspects of electronics manufacturing.
Stop by our booth (# 521) to learn more about our expanded PCB capabilities, expedited turn-times, small quantity/quick-turn assembly, and more.  While at our booth, ask for your $100 OFF Coupon to use on your next order with us.

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AURORA, CO – Advanced Circuits, North America’s 3^rd largest printed circuit board fabricator, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets from Micom Circuits of New Brighton, MN.   With over 50 years of excellence in technical advances, Micom Circuits has earned acclaim from some of America’s largest technology companies.  With this agreement, Advanced Circuits, an industry innovator for many years in the commercial PCB area, further strengthens its position in the complex medical and high-reliability, military/aerospace marketplace.

This agreement along with acquisitions in recent years solidifies Advanced Circuits investment in the U.S. economy with its commitment to 100% U.S. based manufacturing.  Advanced Circuits will secure the employment of all Micom Circuits’ personnel, including experienced engineers and technical experts.  Micom Circuits customers will gain access to many of the exclusive services offered by Advanced Circuits including convenient in-house small quantity/quick-turn PCB assembly, free PCB design tools (PCB Artist™ and FreeDFM™) as well as expedited on-time shipping options for prototype and higher volume production.

About Advanced Circuits

Since 1989, Advanced Circuits has been the leading printed circuit board manufacturer specializing in both Prototype and Production quantities and is ranked in sales volume among the top 3 PCB fabricators in North America.   Offering true one-stop convenience and assured quality with in-house fabrication and small quantity/quick-turn assembly services, Advanced Circuits offers PCB solutions that range from the simplest of designs to the most rigorous requirements of the high-reliability medical, commercial, and military/aerospace marketplace.   Advanced Circuits is MIL-PRF-31032, MIL-PRF-55110, AS9100, ISO 9001 Certified, IPC 6012 3/3A, IPC 6018 Class 3 Qualified, and ITAR Registered as well as being DOD Contracts Ready.  The company is well known for its expedited turn time capabilities including Same Day and Weekend Turns and its industry best on-time shipping record.  An innovator in PCB services, Advanced Circuits offers Free Design for Manufacturability checks at www.FreeDFM.com and Free downloads for its popular PCB layout software “PCB Artist™” at www.pcbartist.com.    For more information, visit www.4pcb.com or call 800-979-4PCB (4722).

CONTACT
Roman Perez
Marketing Coordinator
P: 1.800.979.4722 x.1662 | E: roman@4pcb.com

Advanced Circuits will be exhibiting at the MD&M West 2016 trade show on February 9^th – 11^th at the Anaheim Convention Center in California.  Our team will be in booth #1882 showcasing our advanced printed circuit board capabilities and convenient services.  We’d like to connect with you to answer any questions you may have and show you how Advanced Circuits can meet your PCB prototyping and production needs.

Below is your registration code to receive FREE admission to the expo hall for you and your colleagues.  We look forward to seeing you there!

February 9-11, 2016

Anaheim Convention Center

Anaheim, California

Booth #1882

To take advantage of complimentary expo admission, specify the Source Code ‘JOINUS‘ when registering here: http://mdmwest.mddionline.com?_mc=em.mp.med.tsnr.ana.mdmw.linktousB901800

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