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PCB Calculators
PCB calculators help translate circuit requirements into manufacturable board geometry and layout constraints. They support trace sizing, via current estimates, copper thickness decisions, and thermal design checks that matter in hardware design, power routing, and troubleshooting board-level reliability issues.
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PurposeEstimate trace width, resistance, voltage drop, and power loss using IPC-2221 equations.
InputVoltage / Current / Rating
OutputPower / Margin
PurposeEstimate trace ampacity, resistance, voltage drop, and power loss using IPC-2221 equations.
InputVoltage / Current / Rating
OutputPower / Margin
PurposeConvert copper weight and thickness units and calculate trace cross-sectional area.
InputEngineering parameters
OutputCalculated result
PurposeEstimate plated via resistance, current sharing, voltage drop, power loss, and loading risk.
InputVoltage / Current / Rating
OutputPower / Margin
PurposeCalculate temperature-adjusted trace resistance, voltage drop, power loss, and rail loss percentage.
InputVoltage / Current / Rating
OutputPower / Margin
PurposeEstimate plated thermal-via conductance, parallel thermal resistance, heat flow, and temperature difference.
InputVoltage / Current / Rating
OutputPower / Margin
PurposeEstimate preliminary surface creepage from working voltage, pollution degree, CTI group, and insulation type.
InputVoltage / Current
OutputValue / Margin
PurposeEstimate required air clearance, reverse-check voltage bands, and validate an existing PCB gap.
InputVoltage / Current
OutputValue / Margin
PurposeEstimate single-ended and differential impedance for coupled microstrip or stripline routing.
InputEngineering parameters
OutputCalculated result
PurposeEstimate single-ended impedance, effective dielectric constant, propagation velocity, and delay.
InputEngineering parameters
OutputCalculated result
Engineering Applications
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Engineering Guide
Understanding PCB Trace Width, Current Capacity and Temperature Rise
Understand PCB trace width, current capacity, copper thickness, temperature rise, trace resistance, voltage drop, I²R power loss, IPC-2221-style estimates, IPC-2152 guidance, and practical high-current routing checks.
22 min · Intermediate
Engineering Guide
PCB Via Current Capacity and Thermal Design Guide
Learn how PCB via diameter, plating thickness, board thickness, resistance, current density, parallel via arrays, voltage drop, I²R heating, thermal vias, and stackup affect reliable high-current via design.
21 min · Intermediate
Engineering Blog
10 Common Engineering Unit Conversion Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
Avoid common engineering unit conversion mistakes involving SI prefixes, milli vs mega, micro vs nano, frequency and period, watts vs watt-hours, PCB mils, temperature, significant figures, and calculator inputs.
24 min · Intermediate
Engineering Blog
10 Common PCB Power & Trace Design Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
Avoid common PCB power and trace design mistakes including undersized traces, voltage drop, via bottlenecks, RMS-current errors, thermal issues, poor copper pours, and high-current layout problems.
24 min · Intermediate
Engineering Blog
10 Common Power Design Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
Avoid common power design mistakes involving watts versus watt-hours, unit prefixes, RMS current, power factor, efficiency, derating, thermal design, startup current, voltage drop, and undersized components.
17 min · Intermediate
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