Printed Circuit Board

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Basics

  • Often abbreviated as PCB
  • A printed circuit board, or PCB, is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, tracks or signal traces etched/milled from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate.
  • It is also referred to as printed wiring board (PWB) or etched wiring board.
  • They are The Core of Most if Not All Modern Electronics
  • Right before they were made, most devices had a MESS of wires inside, pcbs have allowed that to be reduced to a thin plate
  • Also essential to complex devices like PC Moterboards
  • Printed circuit boards are used in virtually all but the simplest commercially produced electronic devices.

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