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Company Name: Armistead Technologies, LLC

Company Type: Manufacturing

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The need for reverse engineering or re-engineering printed circuit boards (PCB's) comes about for a variety of reasons chief among them is the need to replace an obsolete board that is no longer available from the original manufacturer (OEM). Often companies employ us to reverse engineer their own designs, because they have little or no documentation for their own product or their current design firm or manufacturer refuses to release design details and manufacturing files. Another reason is cost. Some boards are considered proprietary by the OEM when in fact they are not; they are just too expensively priced. Re-engineering a PCB assembly can provide improved or added performance to an old process. New and improved components and techniques may be utilized during the reverse engineering process improving operations, maintenance and support. PCB reverse engineering is done by hand. We do not use computerized scanning programs because we have found that too much of a circuit can be missed and the engineer ends up doing it by hand anyway. We believe that doing the job right the first time saves time and money. A design engineer checks the emerging schematic to see that it makes sense. All too often, simple common sense is all that is needed to avoid costly errors. What you receive for a reverse engineered PCB: A CD with the following files: Complete schematic diagrams, Orcad files. Includes any on board, point to point, wiring diagrams. Complete bill of materials. Optional - Individual data sheets on each component where available. Complete Gerber files for the production of the PCB. PDF files showing complete schematics, board component layouts, each separate layer, drill files, dimensions, etc., i.e., everything that can be printed out. Click here to see a sample of the reverse engineering files you receive. This is a full documentation set. These files can be used by any manufacturer to reproduce your product. Reverse Engineering capabilities: Layers: 8 maximum Nodes and or pads: no limit Board size: no limit Components: through hole, surface or mixed, no limit Component sides: single or double sided SMT Pitch: Down to 0.35 mm or less depending on board layout Copyright and patent laws: Our process places location critical components on the board where they need to be. The new board is schematically 100% identical and correct with different trace routing thereby avoiding possible copyright infringement. For an estimate of service, please use our on-line INSTANT price estimator. To request a quotation, click here or call the number shown above. Once you decide to proceed, this is what we will need from you: One or two working PCB's, three is preferred for boards of 3 or more layers. These boards are used as follows: One board we use as a reference standard and will be returned to you. One board will be depopulated and may be destroyed in the process of reverse engineering. This board will probably not be returned. On complicated multi layer boards, we may have to sand down a section of board to check the circuit. This board may be returned depending on how it is used. Copies of schematics, bill of materials and any other information you may already have. Click here for hardware and software links to information on reverse engineering.

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