Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 28 10:40:54 EDT 2006 | grantp
Hi, I totally agree. If I purchased a machine, and a company wanted me to pay some kind of fee just to be able to purchase parts, I would go nuts. What a terrible policy. I think, and this is becoming more common, that companies are becoming so sel
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 24 15:46:09 EDT 2006 | aj
Mark, The pcb manufacturer recommended we bake the boards , so we did. I even weighed a batch before and after and seen slight decrease possibly 0.1g in weight. However we still seen some delam after all this. I am confident our issue has nothing to
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 24 10:03:24 EDT 2006 | billyd
All - I'm hoping I can get a little feedback here on my package libraries for my Mydata machines. I have four tied to a server right now, and I have several operators that apparently like to make packages, so I have some called 0805-05-A-MY-9-2 and t
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 02 18:56:10 EST 2006 | darby
John, As Dave says, never clean raw paste. Let it sit for at least 24 hrs if you can and use a plastic spatula to wipe off the bulk of it. The "drier" the paste the easier it is to remove without it travelling down vias etc. You will then have to cho
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 29 10:10:50 EST 2006 | M. Sanders
I'm sorry, Dave - I didn't make myself very clear. Yes, this space (not really a "gap") is filled with solid solder. For instance, if you place a gull-wing component in solder paste, after reflow, there will probably be a thin film of solidied solder
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 27 10:38:04 EDT 2007 | johansenng
Hi, sorry but i am new in this. This is a Freescale SRB ZigBee node schematic design. 1)Can anyone help me identify what is the use of the 10K ohm resistor (R115) used? Seems that there is some advantages and disadvantages of using it. The source is
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 19 21:44:20 EDT 2007 | rfrog
The first thing that I would do is contact the smock manufacturer and ask them for advice on testing the smocks. ESD FROM A TO Z 2nd ed. (Kolyer) states that: smocks should have a resistivity of less than 10^12/sq and must not shed steel fibers.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 31 10:10:45 EDT 2007 | patrickbruneel
AJ The metal prices are set by the London LME. The Tin prices went from 8,000 US$/tonne July 2006 to 16,000 US$/tonne July 2007. Check here http://www.lme.co.uk/tin_graphs.asp Just change the dates to get the price differences over time, the furth
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 05 10:59:02 EDT 2007 | slthomas
What's sad is, it really happened. I won't bore you with the details again. ;) Lloyd, I would love to have a nice Hi Scope too (I think Cchunks works for one of those big champagne and caviar corporate entities ;)) but if you can't swing it, at leas
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 02 10:08:20 EDT 2007 | allgood
Well apart from us being in the UK and I suspect you are over the pond, you wouldnt want to work with me for what I can pay! I am looking for a partner though......! We do punch above our weight already in that we must be Aegis's smallest customer
