Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 06 14:30:49 EST 2005 | Samir Nagaheenanajar
I agree with Ken!! Amen to that, brother! At my company here in Rihad, our design guys are in a tizzy about lead free components and tin whiskers, and with every questionable through-hole solder joint, or when our purchasing department gets "notif
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 09 11:37:29 EST 2005 | Samir Nagaheenanajar
So, I'm workin' my damn fax machine; unfortunately, it's one of the 1st generation fax machines, because in Riyadh, we get stuck with the old equipment, and then it gives a message on the LCD display: Paper Jam..so I get mad, and yell: WHY DOES IT
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 13 04:38:34 EST 2005 | rlackey
Hi, Sorry, English humour. So as not to trivialise an issue so important - yes tin whiskers are a very real problem. I Don't know much about it though, as I didn't get past dendronic growth at Uni. If I ever get the time I will educate myself on
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 28 07:45:07 EDT 2009 | davef
When using high tin solder, doesn't proper specing to avoid the effects of tin whiskers become at least as large an issue as proper specing for defect-free wave solder processing?
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 04 08:21:42 EST 2009 | rgduval
It seems familiar, but nothing that I've actually experienced. I've read some articles about tin-whiskering in lead-free solder. I think NASA has some pretty good analysis (or, at least they did a couple of years ago). The summary is that without
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 26 12:56:36 EST 2005 | patrickbruneel
Rob, Check these links as a starting point http://www.calce.umd.edu/lead-free/longterm.htm http://www.calce.umd.edu/lead-free/tin-whiskers/
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 09 12:05:10 EST 2005 | chunks
Are you using the machine correctly? Ya just can't slap any ol' paper in there. Or just could be a conspiracy!
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 13 09:22:37 EST 2005 | Samir Nagaheenanajar
Okay, here it is: [url=http://www.freeimagehosting.net/][img]http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/10925a8e9e.jpg[/img][/url]
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 13 09:25:25 EST 2005 | Samir Nagaheenanajar
Image can be found at: http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/10925a8e9e.jpg
Electronics Forum | Thu May 25 15:31:08 EDT 2006 | samir
H, I tried without the commaat the end http://img336.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nodule27wc.jpg Seems to work. IMO, it looks like questionable component plating and not this so-called "nodule".
