What is the difference between PCB and PCBA?

What is PCB?
PCB=printed circuit board; The Chinese name is printed circuit board, also known as printed circuit board. It is an important electronic component, a support for electronic components, and a carrier for electrical connection of electronic components. Because it is made by electronic printing, it is called a “printed” circuit board.

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What is PCBA?PCBA=assembly of PCB. Various electronic devices are assembled on the circuit board through the surface packaging process. Next is the box assembly, which is about assembling the assembled PCB with the housing to form a finished product. That is to say, the blank PCB board goes through the SMT loading, and then goes through the entire manufacturing process of the DIP plug-in, referred to as PCBA. This is a common way of writing in China, while the standard way of writing in Europe and America is PCB’A, with an oblique dot added. PCBA is a PCB with a patch on it.

What is the difference between PCB and PCBA?

PCB refers to circuit board, and PCBA refers to circuit board plug-in assembly, SMT process.

One is a finished board and the other is a bare board

PCB (Printed Circuit Board) is called “printed circuit board”, which is made of epoxy glass resin material. It is divided into 4, 6, and 8 layers according to the number of signal layers. 4 and 6 layers are the most common. SMD components such as chips are pasted on the PCB.

PCBA may be understood as a finished circuit board, which means that PCBA can only be counted after the processes on the circuit board are completed.

PCBA=Printed Cirruit Board +Assembly.

That is to say, the empty PCB board goes through the SMT loading, and then goes through the entire manufacturing process of the DIP plug-in, referred to as PCBA.

PCB (Printed Circuie Board) is an abbreviation of printed circuit board. Usually, a conductive pattern made of printed circuits, printed components or a combination of both on an insulating material according to a predetermined design is called a printed circuit. The conductive pattern that provides electrical connections between components on an insulating substrate is called a printed circuit. In this way, the printed circuit or the finished board of the printed circuit is called a printed circuit board, also known as a printed circuit board or a printed circuit board.

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