FREEDOMCAD is one of the largest PCB Design service providers in the US with over 30 full-time designers and engineers supporting Altium, Allegro, Xpedition, and PADS.

Design Capabilities:

  • 800+ Designs Shipped Annually
  • 30+ Full-Time Designers & Engineers on Staff
  • Prototype & BOM Procurement Support
  • Rules Driven Designs (Constraint Manager, Constraint Editor)
  • Schematic and CAD Library Creation and Maintenance
  • Signal & Power Integrity Analysis/Design Verification
  • High Speed Backplane / Midplane Design
  • Single Ended and Differential Controlled Impedance Design
  • Design for Manufacture / Test / Assembly
  • Micro BGA / Micro Via / Blind & Buried Vias
  • Rigid, Flex-Rigid, and Flex Circuit Design
  • Full Documentation Package Creation
  • 24 X 7 Design Support
  • Turnkey Hardware Services
  • Remote or On-Site Design Support

 Tell Us About Your Project

Quality & Certifications:

Freedom CAD is ISO 9001:2015 Certified with TUV Rheinland of North America

Issued: 8/23/2017, Expires: 8/22/2026

Freedom CAD is proud to be ISO 9001:2015 Certified with TUV Rheinland of North America for: The Management of Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design, Electrical & Mechanical Engineering and PCB Design Library Services. Certificate documentation is available upon request.

ITAR Registered

Issued: 8/22/2019, Expires: 8/31/2025

Freedom CAD is proud to be ITAR Registered with the United States Department of State. Our ITAR Registration number and documentation can be made available upon request.

CMMC / NIST 800-171 Compliance

In Process

Freedom CAD is dedicated to the security of our customer data and plan to meet the full requirements of NIST 800-171 / CMMC.  We currently meet all basic requirements and are registered in SPRS (Supplier Performance Risk System) and have POAMs in place for the remaining controls.

Support for the Industry’s Leading PCB Design Tools

Broad Industry Experience

 

Telecom/Networks

We design rigid, flex, rigid-flex, and HDI PCBs for voice, data, video equipment, broadband and mobile communications, fiber-optics, radios, satellites, routers, access networks, carrier networks, and base stations.

 

Military and Aerospace

For the military and aerospace industries, Freedom CAD provides PCB design and related services for avionic electronics, control systems, satellite, undersea equipment systems, communications, weapons, wearables, and in-flight entertainment systems.

 

Medical

For the healthcare and medical equipment industries, we provide design engineering services for medical, dental, and laboratory equipment, surgical devices, and image scanning systems, among other equipment and more. We count some of the world’s leading medical equipment manufacturers among our valued customers.

 

Automotive / Electric Vehicles

We provide a wide range of PCB design services for automotive control systems, diagnostics and sensor systems, infotainment, autonomous driving, and stabilization systems. Our services meet the automotive industry’s stringent quality assurance and safety standards.

A Proven Design Process

1. Kick-off Meeting

A Lead Designer/PM will be assigned to your project once we’ve received the Purchase Order. The kickoff meeting is an opportunity to do a full review of the project scope, discuss specific details, and answer any questions either party may have.

2. Library Development

Our dedicated Library team begins the process of creating and managing the symbols and footprints used in your PCB design. This involves creating schematic symbols, PCB footprints, and 3D models for each electronic component. If required, we can work with customer provided libraries and help manage changes.

3. Component Placement

This is the process of arranging the electronic components on the PCB in a way that meets your design requirements. The placement process considers factors such as signal integrity, power delivery, thermal management, and mechanical constraints.

4. Critical Routing

Critical routing involves routing the most important signals first. These signals include power, ground, and high-speed signals. The critical routing process ensures that these signals have the shortest and most direct paths between components.

5. Routing

Routing the traces between components is a critical step in the process and we work closely with you to ensure the routing meets your requirements. The routing process must consider factors such as signal integrity, power delivery, thermal management, and mechanical constraints.

6. Documentation

This step includes finalizing and getting customer approval on schematic diagrams, fabrication and assembly drawings & notes, title blocks, formatting, etc. to ensure that these meet your specific requirements. The documentation process ensures that the design can be easily understood and manufactured.

7. Valor/DFM Analysis

Once approved and signed-off on, all layout projects go through our standard Valor/DFM analysis utilizing the Valor NPI suite of tools. This involves analyzing the design for manufacturing issues such as board complexity, drill sizes, and tolerances. The Valor/DFM analysis process ensures that the design can be manufactured efficiently and cost-effectively.

8. Deliverables Package

FREEDOMCAD prides itself on having one of the most consistent and complete deliverables packages in the industry. Rather than have our designers generate this data, we have a dedicated Valor/DFM team that generates a standard package with all of the files required by manufacturers. This includes the board file/database itself, gerbers, ODB++, xy data, pick & place files, etc. An example dataset can be viewed here.

What Our Customers Are Saying

“The guys at Freedom CAD did a spectacular job getting the changes in place, recommending some improvements, and aggressively working to keep to my schedule.

I sincerely appreciate all your efforts!”

“I also want to give both Mike and Chris kudos on the excellent support they have provided. I have worked with many contractors over the years and it is hard to find someone that goes above and beyond just clicking the mouse and running through the motions. Fortunately for you guys you have at least two of them in Mike and Chris. They are definitely on our list of people to use again in the future.”

“Thanks for all the work on the Atlas project. The board went through our Valor QA in one pass, nice work!! Consider this job complete and send us the bill… Your support is appreciated.”

“Just wanted to drop you a quick line to let you know we’re very pleased with how this project went and the work Ray did for us. He asked all the right questions with little supervision required and we came in bang-on our initial time estimate of 100-120hrs!

We’ll be in touch in a month or two for a project we currently have in the design phase right now.”

“It was a real great experience working with Jay, excellent professional who knows how to rock with these tools. The final job is over my expectation.”

“I would like to thank you for the great work to get the first version of the xx layout done (and working), and to thank you for the effort done on the second phase of the board. Although we are putting this xx work on hold, I wanted to say thanks for doing the great work that keeps us coming back to Freedom CAD.”

“Thank you for your hard work on this design. Coordinating 14 weeks of effort into 9 weeks of layout time is no easy thing. The hand off over the holidays went seamlessly. Your experience on similar projects brought a lot of value to this design. I look forward to working with you both again (just not on this particular design hopefully…)”

“Good morning. I know you are off today, But I would like to thank you for your help on the programs we have worked on . You have done an awesome job.”