Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 04 09:33:40 EDT 1998 | Stefan W.
| I need advice for locating 23 Gull wing LED's (all in a straight line) in the x,y, and z axis for a SMT PCB. It is a Hewlett Packard LED (P/N HMLA-QH00-01). The application uses a CCD to detect the position of a ball which floats in a resevior fo
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 15 14:27:21 EST 2002 | stefwitt
Assuming, you have nothing on the other board side, I would drill a hole through the trace and board with a step drill and a drill press. If you adjust the depth control carefully the wider step of the drill scratches the surfaces of the trace to mak
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 05 11:26:15 EST 2005 | cyber_wolf
Then Z MOTOR > Then select>CALIBRATE FORCE SENSOR NOTE: you must have a tool in the head when you do this.(Without the tip/spring pushed in) After this calibration the force should drop to 0 when you push in on the spring loaded tip. 2.) Replace th
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 30 10:13:54 EDT 2005 | Cmiller
We are having a random problem with boards bowing significantly. Its a large through hole board with only one QFP on it. The bowing occurs during the SMT reflow. The only conclusion I can come to is a problem at the board house that made it. I just w
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 16 02:43:21 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
| Hello, | | We are qualifying new sources of PWB vendors. We've got the first lot of "produciton" boards in and we want to put them through the paces before turing the vendors on. | | So far, the tests I can think of performing, and that we have
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 04 15:04:16 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| I'm encountering a new problem at my new company that I haven't encountered before in my past life - and that's Wave Soldering VIA holes. | | We've been getting a rash of defects that we call in this company, "insufficient solder in VIA hole." The
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 21 21:17:19 EDT 1999 | Jeff Ferry
Mark, A challenge for sure. I suggest you review two techniques for this type of rework\modification. The first method uses a special circuit track run out from under the BGA. See: Jumper Wires, BGA Components, Circuit, Track Method at http://www
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 21 19:23:15 EST 2006 | greg york
Had exactly the same problem the other week. Baked some boards did improve slightly but not convincingly. Washed bare PCb and found excessive HASL fluids left on board from improper rinsing and problem disapeared. Baking HASL fluid out is impossible
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 01 17:13:15 EST 2000 | Dave F
Sorin: Formulas for calculating heat dissipation of traces don�t seem to provide practical results. But there are some wonderful tables and graphs that will meet you needs. You may need to do some finagling when calculating vias and through holes,
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 15 08:00:57 EST 2000 | Pete B
John, We regularly wave solder electroless silver finished boards (Alpha Level)with mixed SMD and through hole parts and do not have any problems. We have changed a number on PCB's from HASL to electroless silver, mainly for the benefits at SMD whe
