Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 24 13:12:28 EDT 2009 | ghepo
OK Eric, maybe you're right. My suggestion is to proceed by exclusion. First perform the tape test. Is easy and without costs. You have used many similar PCB without problem, but from the same vendor ? Is my experience that in similar cases the qua
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 25 15:32:21 EDT 2023 | joeljacobo
hello colleagues, Hoping that everyone is doing well, I am reaching out to you in the hope that your experience can help me. We have a wave solder with sac0307 alloy and the pot has turned a golden color, at first I thought it was common tin oxidat
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 25 09:53:04 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| | Has anyone had experience with placing BGA on gold plated boards. I thought I read a while ago there was a problem with embrittlment causing cracked joints. If anyone has experience with this your feedback would be great. | | Mike | Mike, | You
Electronics Forum | Fri May 21 12:24:21 EDT 1999 | KA Stillings
I normally handle the soldering issues for this facility but a question was asked of me -- What the H@## is this stuff and what is causing it? Was wondering of I could get some input from any Guru on plating issues. Need info ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 21 15:24:18 EST 1999 | Terry Burnette
| I have received prototype PBGA (256 pins) devices from | Motorola (actual part number = KXPC850ZT50). These parts seemed very warped on the edges. When I put the part on a plain surface, it rocks quite a bit when I press lightly on a corner. I h
Electronics Forum | Fri May 13 14:08:39 EDT 2011 | eezday
This appears to be black-pad and is often the result of using specs that call for gold plating that is too thick. The black pad is corrosion that is created between the gold and electroless nickel during the gold plating process. This is counter in
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 11 18:44:42 EST 2006 | fctassembly
Hello Greg, Glad to hear your success with the SACX0307 copy. By the way, does the P mean it contains phosphorus? Does yours also contain bismuth like the SACX0307 (according to their plumbing solder patent for X0307)? In response to your discussion
Electronics Forum | Fri May 21 15:20:26 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| I normally handle the soldering issues for this facility but a question was asked of me -- What the H@## is this stuff and what is causing it? Was wondering of I could get some input from any Guru on plating issues. Need info ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 14 11:04:54 EDT 2008 | herman
Samir, To correct some misconceptions on the answers to your question, and "what you know from experience": With both ENIG (Electroless Nickel/Immersion Gold-IAu) and IAg (immersion silver), soldering does not take place to the gold or the silver. Wh