Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 04 15:53:07 EDT 2005 | GS
Hi Ted, look at this tread: Lead-free solder alloy: SN100C from AIM solder then see note of Bob Gilbert (from FCT Assembly) you can have from him very interesting documentation CD about HASL made by SN100C alloy Regards GS
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 04 12:40:38 EDT 2005 | Ted
Hi all, I am wondering what everyone is using as a PCB finish for RoHS. There doesn't seem to be a favorite out there. I know there are many companies using a gold finish but I don't want to pay that much and I have also heard about reliability p
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 08 22:32:18 EDT 2005 | adlsmt
If you are using fine lines and tight spacing ENIG may be cheaper than HASL. This is because there is not as much bridging at the board house between traces so they do less touch up. This would probably be even more true with no-lead. We have been us
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 25 04:55:08 EST 2007 | greg york
Strange as we have had huge problems with Silver in Many different Assembly houses. Mainly with Nitric Acid based Silvers causing blow holes, non wetting and even the Nitric etching away the tracks on fine boards. It has been one of the main problem
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 14 10:10:39 EDT 2010 | teamcanada
We are having an issue with a PCB supplier. Their Tin HASL layer seems to be the problem. We have triedworking with them to correct their process. What seems to have helped is lowering their temperature of the Tin dip from 540 F to 510 F.We still ha
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 21 10:05:33 EST 2005 | Dougs
Our machines can place components down to 16mil, I've never seen any finer pitch components in use, what pitch are they going down to now? 12mil??? What pitches have you been using? We are a contract manufacturer so customers sometimes supply free
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 21 18:13:23 EST 2005 | gpaelmo
As davef states above, you would like to have flat surfaces below 25 mil. We are a contract manufacturer also and we've done thousands of 15 mil QFP's with HASL finish with no problems. Your success will depend on quality of PCB supplier providing th
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 07 12:36:08 EDT 2002 | jseagle
What is the recommended board finish for 0402s? Is HASL good enough or is Ni/Au better? Thanks
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 17 03:13:00 EDT 2010 | grahamcooper22
In HASL pcb coating you need to fully coat the pads with solder and then blow off any excess solder to leave a nice coating on each pad. Generally pcb manufacturers try to give you a flat pcb pad to make your solder paste printing more consistent. To
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 22 10:44:12 EST 2005 | Dougs
when you talk about stencil design, what would you recommend for aperture size on fine pitch if the customer insists on hasl finish on fine pitch devices? i usually use a 10% reduction on everything we have been using ( 16mil pitch and upwards and 0