Cool PCB Monday: RIT's Bipedal Robot
This week’s featured board comes from Matt, a BS/MS student in Electrical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester. !image Matt is…
Requesting Returns is Now Easier Than Ever
Quality is our top priority at MacroFab. We understand that designing hardware can be cumbersome and the last thing anyone wants is to discover a…
Join Us at SXSW Interactive 2017
Kickoff SXSW Interactive week with MacroFab! Stop by our pop-up at Hardware House this Friday, March 10. Hardware House is an event focused around…
Cool PCB Mondays: Macetech’s RGB Shades
These awesome boards just came through our PCB Assembly and we had to share them! They come from Macetech and are part of a prototype for a WiFi…
The Footprint Files – Electrolytic Capacitors
When designing footprints for electrolytic capacitors it is important to place clear indicating marks to show the components’ orientation. The…
What Will Happen in Manufacturing in 2017? Our Predictions.
It is fair if you want to slap our hands for waiting until the middle of February to make our predictions about what will happen in manufacturing…
Quick Guide to Distributed Manufacturing
The typical approach to manufacturing products is to collect raw materials, assemble and fabricate them in centralized factories. From there, the…
The Footprint Files – Diodes
When designing footprints for diodes it is important to place clear indicating marks to show the components orientation. Since diodes are polarized…
PCB Mounting Holes and What to Watch Out For
Mounting holes are one of the most popular ways to attach PCBs inside enclosures and on other flat surfaces. Mounting holes are rarely thought about…
New Product Fulfillment Workflow
We’ve made some changes to the Product Fulfillment workflow. We’ve simplified the workflow so that new and imported requests are moved directly into…
The 8 Wastes of Lean Manufacturing and How to Fight Them
One of the primary goals of the Lean manufacturing approach to business is the reduction of any material, effort, and cost that does not ultimately…
New Build Planning Tool for Products
We’ve added a new tool to the Product ordering process for customers looking to save costs and properly plan inventory for large quantity orders. The…