Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 14 20:33:39 EST 2010 | isd_jwendell
Hopefully you have a dispenser on your machine so that you can add a few large dots of paste to the thermal pad.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 08 01:46:00 EDT 2023 | camilleyang3
To prevent BGA (Ball Grid Array) issues related to SMT (Surface Mount Technology) solder resist when fabricating a PCBA (Printed Circuit Board Assembly), you can follow these guidelines: Design considerations: Ensure proper spacing between BGA pads
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 25 12:15:42 EST 2020 | dwl
Are you running a no clean process, or are you washing your PCBs? One caveat with ENIG is sometimes washing with hot DI water can effect solderability later on. I would also talk to your solder technicians and see what their preference is. Some pr
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 14 12:49:12 EDT 2023 | spoiltforchoice
#talkingwithrobots
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 15 00:43:58 EDT 2023 | frankchan
Hahaha, that's straight to the point
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 27 02:55:53 EST 2020 | hexton
I want to avoid peoples preferences as they will differ and will not be a deciding factor. A heat gun will introduce risk to surrounding PTH components and having to add protection for those, will limit any gain in productivity. There is no question
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 14 11:26:03 EDT 2023 | stephendo
Use a PCB manufacturer that is at least 30 years old.
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 03 23:40:26 EST 1999 | Chris G.
| Does anyone know if I will have problems soldering surface mount components to an all hard gold plated PC board. We want to use hard gold similar to gold used for edge fingers because our customer is concerned about wear and conductivity of connect
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 20 13:47:42 EDT 2005 | russ
IPC has this. I cannot remember which one, Here is what I do for a quick reference. square pin - add .015" to the pin dimension e.g. .025" square pin gets a .040" hole. OR if the pins are large get the max dimension )e.g. a .025" square pin has
Electronics Forum | Mon May 06 12:20:09 EDT 2013 | davef
Gold in solder alloys can be brittle. We always used to talk about keeping gold LT 3% in order to avoid embrittlement. Some military contracts require removal of gold from soldered contacts. Adding gold to a solder alloy that you're familiar with wi
