PCB and mechanical collaboration
25 min · BeginnerUnderstand the concept
PCB layout and mechanical CAD influence each other through board dimensions, connectors, mounting holes and thermal constraints. Export formats and revision discipline help avoid incompatible assemblies.
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Your exercise
Sketch a fictional enclosure and board, then list five cross-disciplinary dimensions that need agreement.
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Record your engineering notes
Capture a hypothesis, your observations, test evidence, failure cases or the next experiment. These notes stay in your browser unless you export them.
Knowledge check
Which dimension matters to both mechanical and electronics teams?
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