Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 30 08:20:40 EDT 2006 | Bob R.
Are there any standard qualification/acceptance requirements for immersion tin board finish? J-STD-003 calls out temp/humidity preconditioning followed by solderability testing which is similar to what we have in our (ancient) internal documents. O
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 19 20:15:39 EST 2001 | davef
Now, that is one thickass board!!! The rant first: If our �board supplier changed our board surface finish on� anything without our approval, the board supplier would be an �X�. Life has enough surprises. And of all the flat finishes available, h
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 08 10:41:50 EST 2007 | jaime39
If you bake the boards at 125 degrees celcius for about 4 hours it should work. I would also suggest that you talk to the PCB supplier to take care of this baking for you. NOTE: PCB�s with an Entek or any other type of OSP finish should not be baked.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 04 10:40:51 EDT 2001 | nifhail
I have thousands of old datecode PCBs which has an Entek and HASL finished. Entek PCBs are about 6 � 1.5 years old and HASL boards are at 1 - 2 years old. To make it worse, some of them came in the loose form, no vacuum seal� nothin�. As for the HA
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 31 13:23:37 EDT 2004 | frankracine
Thanks Ken for your reply. Concerning OSP, there are a few negative points that I must considered for our application. I've read all the following points in an Entek document. Never test it. - If you have a miss print and you clean the PCB, the co
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 29 05:50:27 EDT 2001 | nifhail
Thank Dave, your information was really helpful. Now that I have another few thousands of old datecode PCBs which has an Entek and HASL finished. Entek PCBs are about 6 � 1.5 years old and HASL boards are at 1 - 2 years old. To make it worse, s
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 14 16:51:46 EDT 2005 | GS
It stands for Elettroless Nikel Immersion Gold, a kind of PCB finishing Entek (there are several kinds) is a brand name of an OSP (Organic Solderability Preservative)kind of PCB finishing. Regards............GS
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 14 15:58:17 EST 1999 | Curtis T
What is your board finish it sounds like an osp. That type of thing is common with osp finishes.
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 18 13:48:37 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| We currently use HASL on all of our boards and I would like to move to something else. I have sampled some boards with Entek OSP and I loved it, the problem is we have plated mounting holes on just about every board we make. Does anyone have info
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 18 12:50:32 EDT 1999 | jseagle
We currently use HASL on all of our boards and I would like to move to something else. I have sampled some boards with Entek OSP and I loved it, the problem is we have plated mounting holes on just about every board we make. Does anyone have inform
