
Whether you’re working with an internal team or you’re engaging with an outside firm to supplement your PCB design needs, everyone involved in the project should go over several items in a PCB layout as part of a design review.

Truthfully, you should plan for manufacturing and assembly early just to ensure you can source all the parts you want in your design, but manufacturability is just one of many points to inspect in your PCB layout before you submit your design for a formal quote with a manufacturer.īefore finalizing a design and releasing it for manufacturing, it’s best for an individual designer and their customers to put the layout through a comprehensive design review.

Once you’ve gotten a layout finished, it’s time to start thinking about moving the design into manufacturing and assembly.
