PCB design
Detailed PCB Design Services
At MPE Electronics, we collaborate with experienced local partners to deliver meticulous, UK-based PCB design services that form an essential foundation for your PCB assembly and box build assembly needs. We ensure your PCB designs meet the highest standards of quality and functionality, while also supporting full compliance with industry standards and regulations.
What Are PCB Design Services?
PCB design services involve: the planning, layout and development of printed circuit boards (PCBs) to ensure functionality, manufacturability and regulatory compliance.
A well-executed PCB design ensures optimal performance of your electronic product, facilitates efficient manufacturing, and supports compliance with industry standards and regulations.
By aligning design with assembly from the outset, we help reduce delays, improve reliability, and streamline your route to market.
Our Custom PCB Design Capabilities
Tailored Designs for Unique Projects
MPE collaborates closely with specialised UK based partners, who bring a wealth of experience and expertise to the process of designing your PCB. We ensure your PCBs are custom-developed to suit your specific product requirements, no matter how complex or niche the application.
High-Speed and High-Density PCB Layouts
As a leading contract electronics manufacturer of PCB assemblies and full box builds, MPE Electronics designs high-speed and high-density layouts that meet the demands of performance-critical sectors, including aerospace, military and defence, medical and security.
Design for Manufacturability
All PCB designs are created with Design for Manufacturability (DFM) principles to ensure they are not only functional but also efficient to produce. This reduces manufacturing errors, lowers costs and accelerates production.
What you can expect from our PCB design process
We follow a collaborative and structured design process to ensure your PCBs are accurate, testable, and production-ready.
Initial Consultation & Requirements Gathering
Before we connect with our design partners, we define your PCB design requirements by posing the following questions to you and your team:
What is the desired application for your PCB assembly?
What size of PCBA is required?
Is the PCBA intended to be connected to other parts of an embedded system?
What kind of environmental conditions will the PCB assembly be exposed to?
Next, we coordinate with our design partners to follow the defined steps of our design process:
Creating a Schematic
Once requirements are established, the designer will proceed to create a schematic diagram, encompassing the details of the PCB design. It will specify the components required, their positioning and interconnection. Additionally, the costing of materials, coupled with an assessment of their availability in the supply chain, will be comprehensively addressed during this stage.
Electronic PCB Design Automation Software
The intricacies specified in the schematic are diligently input into an electronic design automation software package. This sophisticated software then generates and compiles a comprehensive set of documents, commonly known as a Gerber or Computer-Aided Design (CAD) file. This carefully generated file serves as the definitive set of instructions for manufacturing your PCB assembly.
Select the Manufacturing Method
The choice of manufacturing method is contingent upon the initial requirements defined within the schematic, along with considerations for available materials, resources, project timelines, and production budget constraints.
Testing
Integral to the design process is the specification of the requisite tests required to verify your PCBA meets your desired design requirements. Employing a variety of testing techniques, we ensure that your PCB assembly will meet the performance standards expected.
Why Choose MPE for PCB Design in the UK?
Industry Experience and Expertise
With decades of electronics manufacturing experience, MPE Electronics understands what makes a PCB design successful – both on paper and in production.
Advanced Design Software and Tools
We and our partners use industry-standard software including Altium Designer, OrCAD and others to produce precise, scalable layouts.
Clear and prompt communications
Our team ensures that customers have direct communication with our design partner, aiming for efficient issue resolution and maintaining accountability to ensure a consistent and clear messaging approach. Through this proactive approach, MPE guarantees that our partner’s actions and objectives closely align with the overarching strategic goals of your PCB design project.
Fast Turnaround & Local Support
As a UK-based manufacturer working closely with local partners, our integrated approach reduces lead times and ensures clear, responsive communication throughout your project.
Start Your Custom PCB Design Project Today – Contact Our UK Team for a Consultation
Integrated PCB Design & Manufacturing Services
MPE Electronics provides a seamless transition from PCB design to prototyping and full-scale production. Our New Product Introduction (NPI) procedure outlines the key stages that follow the initial PCB design, with rapid prototyping support available to help validate and refine your concept early in the process.
PCB prototyping and manufacture
Our New Product Introduction (NPI) procedure outlines the key stages that follow the initial PCB design, with rapid prototyping support available to help validate and refine your concept early in the process:
Product design
Primary prototyping
Product development
Secondary prototyping
Full manufacturing
