• What Customers are Saying About Golden Gate Graphics PCB Design

  
  
• "Thank you so much for all of your help getting us to this next level. What you have taught me has allowed other parts of our product development to also function better."
  ~Wayne, Founder of a Consumer Electronics Company.
  
• "Our board for the International Space Station has been in service since 2003 with no hardware failures. In fact, all the designs you did for me were all single-rev."
  ~BSZ, Senior Systems Engineer, RT Logic.
  
• "Your designs are stellar."
  ~M.B., Board House CAM Engineer
  
• "That board you designed for us had no layout issues, not really. We've never had a board designed that didn't have layout issues.
  A mistake on a PCB design can cost $50,000."
  ~M.L., Manufacturing Test Manager
  
• "You revolutionized our design process."
  ~B.H., Senior Staff Engineer
  
• More Testimonials
  

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In the News of Printed Circuit Board Manufacture and Design

Lead and other Hazardous Materials:  RoHS compliance in Europe required by July 1, 2006

The lead-free movement is well under way in Europe. The new compliance requirement is called RoHS--Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (Waste from Electric and Electronic Equipment). These restrictions are required by the European Council, promulgation of laws and regulations are the responsibility of the European countries individually, and implementation is required of manufacturers of electrical products to be used in Europe.

The RoHS Directive (Directive 2002/95/EC), which was finalized by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on January 27, 2003, bans the placement of new electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) containing lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium and both polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominatedc diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants starting July 1, 2006. See this .

What's new at Golden Gate Graphics' web site:

Software compatability listed

We have expanded and so have updated our software compatability page in February 2009.

Tutorial on GCPrevue Version 13

We have added a tutorial for GCPrevue Version 13 on how to make assembly drawings plots from Gerber files.

Online training site updated August of 2003

An article called "Pieces of Eight" was added, along with a few others.

Updates as of Saturday, March 14, 2009

Direct email links from website replaced with on-line forms

Because of spammers using our email links, we have replaced all email links with on-line forms. Make your initial contact this way and then we can communicate via email from that point forward.

Updates as of Friday, July 18, 2003

Guestbook discontinued due to spam

On Friday, July 18, 2003 we discontinued the use of our guestbook, as it was being used almost entirely by spammers.

Updates as of Monday, June 03, 2002

1  Glossary of PCB Design and Manufacturing

If you refer to the "lining-up" of artwork as "registration" (as many of our most distinguished fellows do),  read this definition and then imagine what we all must sound like to members of the printing profession.

2  Checking Gerber files with GC-Prevue. 

This tutorial has been updated and revised several times.   Get the tutorial now!

Added on Thursday, November 08, 2001

1.  What Is a PCB Designer Anyway?

For you recruiters out there who are asked to find one, and for anyone else interested, this is a plain English description of a Printed Circuit Board Designer. Hint: It is not the same as an electrical engineer.

Added on Tuesday, August 21, 2001

1.  What an Electrical Engineer Wants.

Are you an electrical engineer? Here's an article on what a certain PCB designer thinks it is that you want. Click here to read it now.

2.  Streamlined PCB Design Training Site Updated.