Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 15 07:21:08 EST 2006 | rlackey
Or ask your board house to make the change for you - ours always do small mods like that for free, then send you back the updated Gerber. Regarding the layer changes, whenever we tried editing gerbers out of their original package we always had issu
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 15 19:27:24 EST 2006 | CW
Reviewing the J-STD-033A procedure and try to better understand Table 4-1 ... There are 3 columns for Baking Temperature & recommended Duration ... 1st one is for 125C, then for 90C, then followed by 40C ... it also specify the environmental condi
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 28 09:22:12 EST 2006 | Mity-C
We have just had gridlock installed on 4 DEK screen printers. I agree that if it partially catches a component you will have misprints. In the same respect, if a hard pin is placed in the wrong location, you will get misprints and or damaged componen
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 28 16:45:23 EST 2006 | charlie
Why don't you try it for yourself. It won't cost you anything in most cases. Anyone with a negative impression about the product may want to contact Grid-lok (support@grid-lok.com or sales@grid-lok.com) for applications or tech support to be sure th
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 16 11:54:53 EST 2006 | jobbie
Hi jax Have checked actual assemby time against machine up time and have a figure of 5440cph which seems to be ok from what others are saying. Its just the utilization that i need to sort but this is difficult with the resources/restrictions that i
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 16 12:07:19 EST 2006 | dpmilk
We have been using Coilcraft 1008CS inductors for several years. We have had problems with them turning green when we use lead-free solder paste. We have tried several solder pastes (water soluble and no-clean)from different manufacturers, but the
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 23 18:36:29 EST 2006 | Chris
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Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 07 08:48:55 EST 2006 | samir
Our ICT Guy here at my company loves to use lots of via holes as test points - via holes which are 0.040" diameter, and spaced at 0.004" edge to edge spacing! He doesn't like to tent the via's either, so I always battle via-to-via shorts at the wave
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 07 21:35:16 EST 2006 | Cal Kolokoy
Samir, From experience, the only board test situation where tented via's have difficulty with contact is with a Flying Probe type tester. Otherwise, for traditional ICT, the force of the pogo pins, correct probe type, and fixture design should do th
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 15 10:15:17 EST 2006 | paulinct
Kevin, Thanks for the reply! I haven't had a chance to see the Novastar. Now maybe I will save myself the trip. The TD rep is trying to contact someone close by so we can go take a look. I am definetely leaning towards TD because they have worked f
