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Low volume prototyping

Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 04 08:49:32 EDT 2006 | Piet Brandsma

Dear all, I am one of the founders of a small company doing electronics design + embedded software. Currently our prototypes are using increasingly complex smd components. When we started we mostly used atmel cpus, but now we are starting to use fpg

and you think youve got it hard

Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 13 00:45:15 EDT 2006 | donb

Haha, I have so many of these stories... where to start? My favourite was a few years back, we had a new mechanical engineer fresh out of university. As a part of his new role, he was purchasing tools & equipment for the maintenance workshop. After

Component Wrong Orientation

Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 23 18:04:51 EDT 2006 | mika

4. There is a possibility that your company have more than one vendor for a specific component (same partnumber for you but different mfg. part nr). Let say that it is a red led and this itself could be somewhat tricky to order: Red led is as most of

Dross Eliminator

Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 08 20:42:11 EDT 2006 | John Erickson

Hello all, just wanted to say that I've been using MS2 for 2 months now. Yes, it does eliminate dross. Yes, it is a little messy. However, we've seen a significant drop in our DPMO's on both leaded and lead free process. The solder is so much cleaner

Time to Setup a New Assembly Line

Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 12 20:47:50 EDT 2006 | Efren

Hi Guys, A few months ago I posted a question about a New Assembly Line, and It was great the answers I received. Now I would like to have an additional advise, to complete the requirements of my financial. We expect to install approximately 6 Pick

Time to Setup a New Assembly Line

Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 17 23:24:34 EDT 2006 | guest

I suggest you do the ff prior the machines arrival at your site. - Get all the dimensions of purchased machines from their catalogue. - Lay out / draw their footprints in the manufacturing floor. - Drop down air and power supply. Unpacking, level

MPM UP2000 Hi-e

Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 30 23:58:53 EDT 2006 | jasmin

We are looking into purchasing a used UP-2000 > Hi-e. We are high mix /high change-over. The > machines I am looking at are equipped with the > grid-lok system. > > Can anyone give me pros's/ > con's ?? > > Thanks in advance. > > Sr. Hi Sr T

MPM UP2000 Hi-e

Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 31 21:43:13 EDT 2006 | fastek

I don't sell them for $25K either but my point is they can be had for that price. In fact the last (2) that I had I purchased for $8K and $9K. I never have claimed to be the cheapest dealer around and it's not my intention......I only intend to be

Reflow Carriers

Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 29 07:40:20 EDT 2006 | CL

Good Morning SWAG, We have the same situation. We have found that for the most part, bottomside components do not move from thier location durring reflow unless pressure is applied. We have had instances where the component is able to drop down into

T tech vs LPKF

Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 31 18:19:27 EDT 2006 | dmascare

I am currently contemplating the purchase of a pcb prototyping machine. The machine will be used to prototype some patch antennas, microwave circuits, embedded systems, boards for various surface mount chips evaluations, possibly milling PZT materia


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