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Cable Assemblies vs Wire Harnesses: Their Role in PCBA Box Builds
A discussion on cable assemblies and wire harnesses and their role in box builds.
April 25, 2024
Red Hot PCB: Illuminating Bike Light Control
This week's Red Hot PCB is a remote that controls the LEDs on a bicycle's tail light system and also the bike helmet!
Red Hot PCB: Touch Sensors for Musical Instruments
This week's Red Hot PCB comes from our customer, Vindor Music. They are building affordable electric saxophones for anyone with a desire to learn.
Red Hot PCB: BTE Heat Sensor Arrays
This week's Red Hot PCB features a sensory data board designed by BTE Technologies whose mission is to enhance a healthier work environment.
Red Hot PCB: Liquid Level Monitors
This weeks Red Hot PCB features Dixon Bayco's monitor boards that measure hazardous liquids to maintain safety operations within chemical facilities."
Red Hot PCB: Lunar Pioneering
This weeks Red Hot PCB was developed by Astrobotics for their goal to send payloads to the moon using planetary drones!
MacroFab Now Offers 10-Day Turnaround
We are excited to launch a 10-day Prototype turnaround service. This service will benefit teams that quickly iterate on designs.
MacroFab Launches Easier PCB Instant Quote Interface
MacroFab announces the launch of our easier PCB Assembly Instant Quote Interface. Get quotes when you want them through our platform.
MacroFab PCBA Platform Now Has Faster Turnaround and Online Updates
We are excited to launch updates to our platform, including high volume production pricing, 10-day turnaroun, and a sharper, more intuitive interface.
MacroFab Expands Production Services Into Mexico
MacroFab expands manufacturing services to Mexico, offering customers streamlined international production at globally competitive prices.
Announcing Updates to the MacroFab PCB and Placement Interfaces
We’ve made the manufacturing approval process more seamless with updates to our PCB and Placement screens.
Updates to MacroFab’s Bill Of Materials (BOM) Interface
We’ve added usability enhancements, and simplified the BOM screen for a more streamlined experience and greater performance.
Red Hot PCB: Robotic Neuroscience Technology
This driver board for the iRat just came out of our assembly line. It's a tool for robotic neuroscience studies at the University of Queensland.
Red Hot PCB: Handheld Augmented Reality
This week's Red Hot PCB explores the live view of a real world environment, augmented reality.
Red Hot PCB: Cellular Data Acquisition Technology
This weeks Red Hot PCB features a design by Metiric that can monitor different materials used in building envelopes
Red Hot PCB: RF digitizer focused in mezzanine for FPGA boards
This week's PCB from our assembly is an FMC250, and is a form factor for FPGA boards. It has four 16-bit channels up to 250 MS/s sampling rate.
MacroFab Update: Hurricane Harvey
This post will be updated to notify everyone of our current status as it develops, related to Hurricane Harvey. Updated 8/31
Red Hot PCB: Open Source Autonomous Vehicles, using ESP8266
Our floor just finished assembling these boards, which are part of an interface for open source self-driving cars.
Getting Blinky going for EFM8.
The last article and this one should be able to get a EFM8 project up and running with the bare minimal hardware and code.
The Next Electronics Manufacturing Revolution
Contract electronics manufacturing is experiencing a revolution driven by cloud software targeting the low and mid-volume segments of the market.
Red Hot PCB: Mapping technology for indoor environments
These beautiful boards from our assembly line are part of a product that simplifies indoor mapping and location to ID opportunities to reduce costs.
Power Control for Your Product: Starting and Stopping Electrons
The advance of IoT devices & light weight embedded OS environments have created a need for more intricate ways to shutdown your devices.
Red Hot PCB: Microcontroller Powered Electonic Neuron Simulators
This week's PCB is part of a biological neural network that are designed to understand the basics of the nervous system.
Red Hot PCB: UWB Radio Carrier
This UWB radio carrier enables autonomous flight of a drone using 3D localization.
Red Hot PCB: Low-Noise Preamps for Signal Conditioning
This week's PCB are part of low-noise preamps that provide signal conditioning for test equipment.
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