Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 09 09:43:48 EST 2009 | boardhouse
Hi Simon, The main reason that it would probably be removed would be do to lack of clearance for a soldermask dam from pad to pad. typically if the clearance from pad to pad is under .008 the solder mask dam would be removed. Min recomended dam siz
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 22 11:07:14 EST 2009 | boardhouse
Hi Jeff, Unfortunately there is just as many bad shops in the US. Communication & doing your Due diligence is the best solution. I sell for Taiwan now but sold for a US shop for 10 years. Taiwan Quality is as good or better than most US Shops and
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 10 18:51:39 EDT 2009 | boardhouse
Hi Jeff, Your board supplier could be correct in this way. The board could have had just a hair left of copper on the circuit, which would hold up under the electrical test process, but once you powered it up, then there was enough juice to burn th
Electronics Forum | Mon May 11 18:30:10 EDT 2009 | boardhouse
Hi Milas, Here is a link to an artical on the subject. http://pcdandf.com/cms/content/view/4784/95/ The big difference in the to is that ENIG is self limiting where as electroplating is not. All product manufactured with either finish goes throug
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 12 22:28:20 EDT 2009 | boardhouse
When choosing materials, do you specify your > thermal PCB needs? For instance, are you > specifying temperature or are you selecting > materials by brand name? With this type of product I would call out the material Manufacture and brand - Such
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 21 15:45:35 EDT 2009 | boardhouse
Hi Ryan, Standard shelf life for FR4 Non-RoHs & Rohs material with HASL or Lead Free HASL would be 12 months + in a controlled environment. on all RoHs materials over 6 months, we would suggest your board shop run a solder ability test before ship
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 01 14:24:45 EST 2010 | boardhouse
Hi Jamyboy, I would find out from DDI what the 70% was rejected for, Could have been a repeat issue due to a scratch in artwork or something like that. I would not just jump and tell them to rebuild all until you know the facts. DDI is a very re
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 16 17:02:40 EDT 2011 | boardhouse
The finish looks like Immersion Tin or Silver. if its lead free Hot air - could be issue of to high of a Tin Content. find out what brand of Hasl they are using. SL100 Example. Is this tarnished look only being seen after assembly or have you seen
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 16 16:50:37 EDT 2011 | boardhouse
Hi Milroy, One thing to check is the FR4 Laminate being used - if this is a RoHs build is the correct FR4 being used by your manufacture. What layer count of board are you seeing the delamination on? Does you board shop Vacuum seal the packages wi
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 28 19:50:09 EDT 2008 | boardhouse
My guess is that either the board house did not cool the boards down properly coming out of the lamination oven. Typically after they come out of the heat chambers they go into a cool down chamber for x amount of time, if they cool to fast or are pu
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