Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 10 20:06:43 EST 2007 | SSS
I've been assembling thousands of boards for dozens of customers over the past 5 years with 0402 chip components. 85% can happen very easily even with newer equipment. Defect challanges with 0402 packages is almost always tombstoning. Capacitors abou
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 08 11:38:52 EDT 2014 | spoiltforchoice
They key requirement before any fancy tools is careful storage, stock control, labeling and handling. If your parts are incorrect before they even get to production, you're screwed. As gregp suggests, to get consistently correct value and orientation
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 13 22:20:38 EDT 2000 | Dave F
=10 mils larger than lead 3 silk screen legend text weight >=10 mils 4 pads >=15 mils larger than finished hole sizes 5 place through hole components on 50 mil grid 6 no silk screen legend text over vias (if vias not solder masked) or holes 7 so
Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 08 20:59:55 EDT 1999 | Dreamsniper
| | | What oven temperature should be used to reflow solder (Sn63Pb37) on a PC board (0.075" to 0.100" thickness) in 5 to 10 minutes? | | | | Profiling - tedious but important. As said, start with the paste manufacturers recomendation which is usua
