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PCB finish for RoHS?

Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 07 21:38:27 EDT 2005 | darby

Get a couple of quotes on ENIG. You may be surprised at the price. HASL, (which is often considered to be the cheapest finish), is now more expensive for us than ENIG due to the extra processes involved.

PCB finish for RoHS?

Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 08 05:20:37 EDT 2005 | jim

Ted, Is your pcb problems after reflow process related to the change of color of the pcb to yellowish? I have such problem when running thru' the pcb under ROsH condition. This pcb does not change color previously when running under non-ROsH condit

PCB finish for RoHS?

Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 04 15:53:07 EDT 2005 | GS

Hi Ted, look at this tread: Lead-free solder alloy: SN100C from AIM solder then see note of Bob Gilbert (from FCT Assembly) you can have from him very interesting documentation CD about HASL made by SN100C alloy Regards GS

PCB finish for RoHS?

Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 08 22:32:18 EDT 2005 | adlsmt

If you are using fine lines and tight spacing ENIG may be cheaper than HASL. This is because there is not as much bridging at the board house between traces so they do less touch up. This would probably be even more true with no-lead. We have been us

PCB finish for RoHS?

Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 09 11:57:11 EDT 2005 | Board House

Hi Ted, I am a Sales Manager for a Circuit board Manufacture in MN. We have seen the Majority of our Customer base switch to Enig do to shelf life issues of silver and Tin. Silver, Tin & OSP all have a shelf life between 6 - 8 Mos. Enig is betwee

HASL surface finish

Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 24 16:51:25 EDT 2020 | kumarb

Hi. Taking this from a total different angle - why not use ENIG to avoid this issue but find more competitive suppliers? We source from offshore all the time and finding that due to this dreaded virus - the market pricing is soft. Many are willing to

Gold versus HASL finish

Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 15 17:58:56 EST 2005 | darby

Mat, Are you sure you should be using SnPb HASL boards if you are doing prep for lead free? If you aren't actually going to comply with RoHS then fire away. Nearly all of our assemblies are now ENIG and as any re-design comes up on a HASL board it is

Rohs finish with lead past

Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 02 13:32:48 EST 2008 | patrickbruneel

This shouldn't give you any issues as long as you don't have to be RoHS compliant.

Matte Tin finish on sockets

Electronics Forum | Tue May 16 16:36:18 EDT 2006 | dougm

Has anyone had issues with chips not making a reliable connection in sockets with a matte tin finish (RoHS compatible)? We have had issues with these types of sockets. I sent some to the manufacturer, and was told there weren't any problems. We re

Rohs finish with lead past

Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 02 13:01:11 EST 2008 | floydf

Does anyone know if it possible to use Sn63/Pb37 paste on a board with Sn100 finish. Any thoughts on this will be greatly appreciated.


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