Printed Circuit Board

Basics

• Often abbreviated as PCB
• A printed circuit board, or PCB, is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, tracks or signal traces etched/milled from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate.
• It is also referred to as printed wiring board (PWB) or etched wiring board.
• They are The Core of Most if Not All Modern Electronics
• Right before they were made, most devices had a MESS of wires inside, pcbs have allowed that to be reduced to a thin plate
• Also essential to complex devices like PC Moterboards
• Printed circuit boards are used in virtually all but the simplest commercially produced electronic devices.

See Also

• PCB Mill
• PCB Production Workflows
• PCB Mount
• PCB Plotter

Useful Links

• The Wikipedia Page on PCB's
• A Good Article on PCB Construction and Features