Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 22 17:37:51 EDT 2001 | davef
I�m aware of no such standard. There may be something in Euroland [ie, IEC, etc.] TM-650 �Test Methods Manual� has procedures for measuring various types of contamination, such as: * 2.2.25 �Detection Of Ionizable Surface Contaminants� * 2.2.27 �Cl
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 22 22:10:26 EDT 2002 | davef
Ooooow! �Can it be fixed?� Good question. How BAD did you damage it? * Since you are asking this question, I am NOT inspired by the potential that you have the skills to fix the board. Go Jeff Ferry�s site at Circuit Repair Center [If you can�t f
Electronics Forum | Sun Sep 08 19:58:57 EDT 2002 | dasal
My specialty. Your right, Most corrugated contains S02 and the pallet is usually out gassing formic acid as well. Not a great environment for silver. Original press release follows: Reactive Polymers At AT&T Bell Labs, John P. Franey has developed
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 02 20:59:23 EDT 2002 | davef
We�ve been stewing on this and it just dawned on us the part that�s missing. Blow-holing is caused by BOTH of the following: * Moisture absorption by the resin that holds the board together. [Steve is addressing this with his various baking schemes
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 24 21:51:23 EST 2004 | davef
Dreamy It sounds like you are having fun in your new job. Saponifier. Alkaline chemicals, added to water, that convert rosin/resin flux residues in the water to soluble soaps. Generally, saponifiers are better if used in an aggressive spray-in-ai
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 03 18:11:21 EDT 2004 | davef
Improper washing of water soluable flux residues can be a major contributor to flux residues remaining on the board surface. ;-O That you appear to be only complaining about the pathetic state of the ability of your washer to clean under BGA, it may
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 11 18:30:50 EST 2005 | davef
Russ: In December 2003, the European Commission released the following statement: �The commission services have prepared a draft Commission decision establishing maximum concentration values pursuant to Article5(1)(a) of Directive 2002/95/EC. The pr
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 24 10:21:59 EST 2006 | Board House
TM, When picking a material for your lead free assembly you need to think about a couple of things, The standard Material in the US that is being used is running 140 - 170 tg. material. But for lead free assembly you need to focus on is Decomp tem
Electronics Forum | Sun May 21 09:38:25 EDT 2006 | davef
Epoxy Removal and IC Delidding [Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty, Chapter 14] Encapsulation of critical components using epoxy or other adhesives is commonly done to prevent tampering and device access (the microprocessor shown
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 24 09:52:35 EDT 2006 | SWAG
We are having the exact same problem! We do about 6 or so ROHS SMT builds. 5 are fine now but we had problems with most initially and 1 is trouble still. All boards are same material, same PCB manufacturer. Initially, when the delam. problem occu