The
need for printed circuit board cloning or simply called PCB clone comes about a
variety of reasons. The prime reason to do PCB clone is the need to replace an
obsolete PCB that is no longer available from the original manufacturer.
Missing
manufacturing files such as Gerber files are often cited as the main reason.
Another reason to do PCB clone is the cost. Some PCBs are considered
proprietary by the OEM when in fact they are not; they’re just too expensively
priced. Such need generally consists of two parts of the job – copying the
schematics and making the BOM (Bill of Material).
People
can easily make a PCB assembly with schematics and BOM but not PCB clone. Of
course, there is another vital part – microcontroller cloning, since
microcontroller cloning is only needed for PCBs with locked controllers, please
refer to Shenzhen OROD Technology Co. Ltd for more information.
Create Same PCBs
without Files: PCB Copy Service at Best Price
Are
you missing the CAD or PCB files for that bare or assembled printed circuit
board (PCB)? Do you have the physical electronic circuit board on-hand but
don’t have the circuit design files? Don’t have any PCB Gerber drawing files
for your PCB production and circuit assembly. Or want to reproduce the PCB
board without any blueprint? There’s a solution to everything – PCB copy or PCB
cloning!
So, What PCB Copy
Exactly Is?
PCB
copy service enables you to replicate the same copy of the electronic circuit
board that you want for a simple electronic circuit. PCB copy isn’t
too difficult. If the right circuit involves an intelligent controller, cloning
should be the last resort that you should opt for as a solution for your
engineering or business challenge.
Technology
included PCB copy enables the possibility of reversing the PCB module from the
physical item to engineering drawings. Physical PCB modules will be translated
into PCB Gerber (the production engineering file), PCB BOM List (PCB component
list) and PCB Schematic Diagram. With these engineering files, the tech teams can
re-produce/clone a PCB module.
Reversing Steps to PCB
Copy:
- · Remove all the components and record the placement of every component on the board
- · Scan outer layer PCB circuits to software for editing and comparison
- · Remove the dielectric layer PCB, and scan the inner layer PCB circuit to the software for editing and comparison
- · Remove copper layer scanned, and repeat step 3 until all layers are recorded
- · Reverse the images taken to Gerber file (the engineering file for manufacturing)
- · Convert the Gerber file obtained to PCB layout design, and add all the components in the drawings according to the placement recorded
- · Check the layout drawing to make sure there is not open/brake circuit
- · Convert the layout drawing to schematic drawing
- · Check the schematic drawing
