Over the past several years, the manufacturing industry has gone through significant changes. Today, the demand for more innovative processes, services, and materials increases continually. This includes the advancement in PCB design and related PCB design services.

Also known as printed circuit board design services, changes in the application and use of electronics and related software is having a huge impact on the need for PCB designing companies.

Trends in PCB technology

The following trends are impacting the PCB design arena and correspondingly companies that provide PCB design services:

PCB Integration with software & animations. PCBs are technically part of the hardware that executes software instructions; however the trend we are seeing now is in embedded control software serving an ever-greater role in electronic systems for intelligent products. In our work, we have particularly seen this in controlled animations in the LED lighting arena.

Use of Flex Circuits. As devices continually get smaller and more intricately designed, the available space for a traditional flat PCB board has become very limited in many applications. As such, use of flexible (bendable) circuits has grown. There are both benefits and limitations caused by use of this flex technology. Understanding these becomes imperative in providing PCB design services.

Smart Product Demand. The tremendous growth in demand and production of “Smart” products combined with the IoT (Internet of Things) has resulted in need for computer technology and PCBs into products that traditionally did not have such technology. This has challenged PCB designing companies to obtain broader application and industry specific knowledge than ever before in order to be effective.

Greater use of compact multi-layer boards. This design approach (3D board design) is growing due to its ability to facilitate Hi-Speed data transmission using HDI (Hi density interconnect) concepts in order to allow small traces to process large amounts of data. This is necessary due to the growing need for small compact PCBs. This pares with the development of more and more efficient methodologies with which data is transmitted layer to layer inside the PCBs.

In other words, the accumulated data obtained through research is what provides more insight into which prospects will likely convert to loyal customers. In response to the improvements made, manufacturers have the opportunity to provide their customers with much better printed circuit board design services.

Additional considerations

For both company and market success, the best PCB designing companies perform their work through use of its own knowledge, technical research, and customer specification requests. Additional factors that need to be considered include:

  • Industry standards for utilization of printed circuit board design services.
  • Trends that affect performance for PCB design software.
  • Most in-demand features and how to apply them.
  • Pricing differences based on technology and board build locations.
  • Challenges that vendors commonly face.
  • Future opportunities.

So, what does all of this mean? It’s also about drilling down to details as a way of understanding what are best practices and why. In this way PCB designing companies can support manufacturers with PCB design services that lead to market leading products.

Choosing the Right Partner

If you’re looking for a supplier that offers printed circuit board design services, it’s essential to go with one that uses the latest and greatest technology and processes. At Global Technology Ventures, that’s exactly what we do. For that reason, we’re able to give our customers what they want – outstanding PCB design services suited for the product applications needed. Call us today for personalized service.