Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 12 07:37:13 EST 2002 | davef
Immersion plating appears like electroless, sorta, but is different chemically. Plating is converting metal ions in solution to metal on the board. Those metal ions are "converted" by adding electrons to them. The source of these electrons defines
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 03 08:42:34 EDT 2002 | davef
Selective plating is exactly what Jake is complaining about as being too expensive.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 06 08:03:47 EST 2005 | davef
On solder in vias: It looks like the via are not solder masked well and pick-up solder either: * Solder coating ... OR * During leveling It's possible that the design specifies openings in the solder mask for these via. On solder in the unsupporte
Electronics Forum | Sun Oct 01 09:00:20 EDT 2006 | davef
A lot of plating types hang-out at finishing.com forum.
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 23 10:25:00 EST 2009 | spitkis2
Is it possible to reflow leaded or lead-free solder paste onto chrome plated pads? Thanks.
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 07 08:33:11 EDT 2017 | abruno1995
The vias are filled with the silver plating, it's excess plating and i wanted to know if there was any issues with ICP
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 28 00:42:40 EST 2020 | luciano_zhang
What is the use of gold plated boards?
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 22 11:23:40 EDT 2000 | Dr. Ning-Cheng Lee
Plating houses seem to exhibit various results. Unacceptable Ni oxidation levels appear to be related to poor Pd plating processes. Ni oxidation can occur at 3 process stages: 1) prior to the Pd being applied (Ni already oxidized) 2) during the p
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 27 13:28:11 EST 1999 | Brian W.
Depending on the components you are seeing this on, one thing to check would be the solderability of the parts. Sometimes you will find the plating leeches away, and this is a component plating issue. When you solder, the plating actually leeches a
Electronics Forum | Sun Dec 13 08:49:15 EST 1998 | Ron Costa
Has anyone had any experience with using this alternative plating process? Some board houses are pushing toward this plating. Is there any long term data on this process? Any problems experienced with smt and thru-hole? I've heard tin whiskers to be