Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 22 16:10:35 EDT 2003 | Joe
Help Please! A friend of mine works for this company (a novice in the hardware world), they are thinking about covering their PCBAs with Epoxy (don't know what) so to prevent hackers from damaging their PCBAs - they claim it is costing them too much
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 26 14:03:57 EDT 2003 | lysik
Good Idea. I think there are many Bad apple used equipment dealers as well. We should track them as well. Every bad apple needs to be dealt with. OEM must make money to survive and support systems. But I must tell you for example I have found many th
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 26 16:45:30 EDT 2003 | kenBliss
adlsmt You have stated that an OEM will not sell you a part for a used machine that was built by the OEM and is still supported per the OEM�s standard part policy unless you buy a contract. I will admit I find that hard to believe. Unless you are
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 29 18:13:20 EDT 2003 | lysik
Good points Ken But the reality of the matter is that we are selling off some fuji equipment that even though it is 1994/1995 still has a sale value of 45-65K Each. I am replacing it with faster systems with 0201 specs. With the margins so razor thin
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 06 09:49:02 EDT 2003 | bobbyv40
I believe that having a website that lists registrations fees and problems with various companies would be a great benefit to this industry. As with all "opinion based" sites, the information should be taken for what it is, opinions and isolated even
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 16 15:19:11 EDT 2003 | Ernie
BAD COMPANY???? Or good Business? $14,000 fee for a machine not purchased from the OEM is for a Service Contract, not a licensing fee. For this, you get four 5 day service trips over a year and 20% parts purchased for used machines. Considering the
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 26 11:38:14 EDT 2003 | slthomas
I'm not sure if I'll get to this next week, and since I'm gone after Tuesday I thought I'd get this out of the way. The Global Economy has gotten the best of this guy. I don't know where I'll land when the dust settles, but you can be sure that if I
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 26 18:00:16 EDT 2003 | johnthor
Gee Steve, it's nice that someone remembers me. Yes Dave, I noticed that you did too. I feel guilty about having become a "lurker" when I manage to look in now and then but the pressures of what they expect me to do around here (for no more money!)t
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 06 12:37:18 EDT 2003 | ramanandkini
It was a nice discussion. What I did here was a thermal shock test 1 hour@ +90 deg.c and immediately 1 hour @ -40 deg.c. The second test I did was a high humudity test for a week. After each test, I carried out a peel test with scotch tape. Those bo
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 03 08:42:36 EDT 2003 | m4040
This is probably the most advanced machine that MPM has EVER offered. It operates in a Windows 2000 environment, which means plug and play networking. Both setup for new boards and 2D are VERY easy to set up. Most new board programming can be done of
