Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 04 17:17:17 EDT 2009 | gregoryyork
Certainly does look like solder deposit across the board. Check to see if fluxing correctly. Best way is to hand flux the PCB ensuring you put plenty on. IF you still get the same result then probably down to resist absorbing the flux due to porous r
Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 23 11:42:01 EDT 2009 | ysutariya
Hi Dave, I haven't tried the Probimer yet, but the Taiyo ink didn't hold up too well. As a PCB fabricator, finding a white soldermask that has good trace coverage and survives 4X solder immersion (HASL) is like the holy grail of white soldermask.
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 24 10:35:54 EDT 2009 | rossi
I don't think its an issue with the PCB. When we just put the paste down and not the BGA the solder paste seems to adhere to the PCB pads very well (not brittle). Also we have other very similar PCBs that we run different normal silver content BGAs
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 26 18:58:07 EDT 2009 | rossi
I am not sure that it is the pillow problem. With the pillow problem you tend to see residual solder on the pad and voids where this solder pulled from on the ball. What we are seeing is a very thin flat layer of solder on the pad and a flat surface
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 26 05:58:17 EDT 2009 | grahamcooper22
Hi, I have no experience of the ZIP TOP bag you refer to but my advice is to follow the guideline of IPC JEDEC 33 for sealing bags containing MSDs....it states' the MBB should be heat sealed'. I cannot imagine that a ZIP will keep the moisture out an
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 26 08:07:25 EDT 2009 | davef
Many solder wire suppliers put a on rolls of solder wire either a: * "Date of manufacture" stamp and then specify a shelf life in their product documentation ... OR * "Date of expiration." J-STD-005, 6.2, 6.3, and Table 4, where it states "If the st
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 01 14:43:39 EDT 2009 | rgduval
We've been using Parts and Vendors for awhile now. It's not a bad low cost solution. It's mostly a BOM/engineering tool, with some inventory and purchasing thrown in for good measure. It's not terribly automated, but can be used with some level of
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 02 09:05:53 EDT 2009 | jamyboy
yes you can have Partminer only look to franchised distributors....but we have gotten our best deals from overseas OEMs that just have leftover parts. Also if there is ever a question about counterfeits etc. I believe that they have an independent te
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 04 13:49:30 EDT 2009 | xps
Hi, in our company, we had performed a failure analysis on some PCB finishing ENIG faulty, cause detachement of heavy components. So we performed a SEM / EDX analysis on the nickel and we discover a 20 % of carbon instead of the standard 0.04% (on s
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 04 13:15:53 EST 2009 | tstrat
I asked our lab about this and received this response: "Typically 7 - 9wt% phosphorus is used. Higher concentrations (10 - 12 wt% phosphorus) reportedly help prevent Ni-P corrosion during the IG processing step, but they are also reportedly more dif
