Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 03 18:36:47 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
| 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 | Fri Apr 29 14:16:16 EDT 2011 | ppcbs
Below is the long explanation. This defect is most commonly found with BGA components, but can arrise with all components. I see it happening more now with lead free boards that are being assembled with a no clean flux. Best short term remedy is t
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 10 21:52:34 EDT 1998 | Dave F
| | | Is there any problem using SMT on gold boards? 15 years ago we were told not to use gold boards, but I can't remember why. Judging by the other postings it now appears to be common. Only problem I see is that the nickel should be plated, not
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 11 07:51:57 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| | | | Is there any problem using SMT on gold boards? 15 years ago we were told not to use gold boards, but I can't remember why. Judging by the other postings it now appears to be common. Only problem I see is that the nickel should be plated, n
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 06 17:25:55 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| Is there any problem using SMT on gold boards? 15 years ago we were told not to use gold boards, but I can't remember why. Judging by the other postings it now appears to be common. Only problem I see is that the nickel should be plated, not ele
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 17 08:29:12 EDT 2001 | Geertjan de Beijer
My name is Geertjan de Beijer and I am new on this forum. I have a question about Electroless Nickel/Gold finishes. Until now we always use a HAL finish on our PCB's. Since we are using compontents with pitches of 0.5mm we notice that the HAL finis
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 19 13:40:25 EDT 1998 | Terry Burnette
| Has anyone had experience with placing BGA on gold plated boards. I thought I read a while ago there was a problem with embrittlment causing cracked joints. If anyone has experience with this your feedback would be great. | Mike There has been a
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 25 17:24:44 EDT 2016 | davef
Gold should not be corroding in salt water. I have swum hundreds of miles in salt water with my wedding ring on my finger. My ring is a shiny and corrosion-free as the day it was cast over 120 years ago. It's possible that your gold thickness of 0.0
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 21 15:28:02 EDT 2004 | markhoch
I have a new customer who is recommending a Sulfamate Nickel Finish for his boards. I'm not really familiar with this process. Is anybody else? How does it differ from electroless nickel? Can a standard NC solder paste cut the mustard with this stuff
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 01 06:54:19 EST 2000 | Roni H.
Hi, Does anyone have experience with gold over nickel (electroless) PCB finish: - Repeatble quality from PCB mfg. (very "painfull" with ENTEK). - Environment condition sensitivity. - Thermal processes sensitivity. - Solderability (Reflow & wave). -
