SOLDER BY NUMBERS, A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POPULATING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS

摘要

An electronic circuit assembly comprises a printed circuit board including a plurality of electrically-conductive traces disposed on at least one face of the printed circuit board and a circuit schematic layout. The plurality of electrically-conductive traces is configured to mount and electrically couple a plurality of types of electronic devices. The circuit schematic layout includes a map arranged similarly to the layout of the plurality of electrically-conductive traces disposed on the at least one face of the printed circuit board. A plurality of layout column markers and a plurality of layout row markers and a plurality of color-coded regions are marked directly onto the map. Each color of the plurality of color-coded regions is indicative of a particular one of the plurality of types of electronic devices.