Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 03 18:32:07 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
| I'd like to find some technical papers on the reliability of reworked BGAs. If you know of any, please let me know. | | I have a concern about this because our current rework process does not apply solder paste to the pads prior to placing the pa
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 04 15:44:04 EST 1999 | Michael Allen
Actually, solder paste adds about 12% to the joint volume for PBGAs, or about 31% for MicroBGAs -- assuming standard (recommended) pad sizes and stencil thicknesses, and paste with 90% metal content (50% metal by volume). | | I'd like to find some t
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 25 21:38:21 EST 1998 | Mike C
| | Merry Christmas | | | | I would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a happy (Y2K Bug free) New year. | | | | Mike | | | | | Roger and echo that! Cheers to all. | | As I know you all are vitally interested, I am temporarily in Boise
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 19 11:15:13 EST 1998 | Stefan Witte
Hi Martin, I found the Amistar very easy to program and operate, but I recommend using a PC link ( PROCOMM )for data up and download. Despite the age of the machine, Amistar was extremly helpful in telephone support. We purchased some additional man
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 11 06:59:20 EST 1998 | Jim Mitchell
Scott - Good to see things are going well for you. With regard to your comments, Quad has introduced a complete line of Semi-conductor/APT machines (Q Series) that support both SMT and Semi-conductor applications. The machines were introduced in 19
Electronics Forum | Sun Oct 11 00:23:26 EDT 1998 | MIKE
| Came a cross an interseting observation/question. | I'll need to filter additional information and specifics to those whom may be able to assist me. But for now; | | I use a water soluble base organic flux manufactured by Kester (the exact soluti
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 12 20:51:14 EDT 1998 | Eric
| | Came a cross an interseting observation/question. | | I'll need to filter additional information and specifics to those whom may be able to assist me. But for now; | | | | I use a water soluble base organic flux manufactured by Kester (the exac
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 07 03:25:57 EST 1998 | Gary Simbulan
| Jon, | | Thank you for the feedback. Glad you like the new format. On the slowness, could you be more specific on what is slow? e.g., getting to the forum home page, opening a message, doing a search? or posting a message? Our limited testing h
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 24 20:07:48 EDT 1998 | Dave F
| Does anyone know where I can get conductive benchtops? NOTE: I don't want a mat and I'm already using (and unhappy with) a laminate surface glued to a wooden table. Any and all info would be very much appreciated. | BTW: I'm also looking for conduc
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 23 17:35:27 EDT 1998 | Chrys
| All y'all, | We use two methods to secure/stake jumper wires to boards: | 1 Jumper wires that "magically" bond themselves when heated with a "U" shaped tip on a soldering iron. | 2 Loctite 382 Tak Pak | We use Tak Pak "99&44/100ths" more often than
