Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 26 21:23:21 EST 2008 | davef
Several methods are available for singulating or extricating individual flexible circuits from a processed panel; this discussion of the topic applies to all types of flexible circuits. In general, the methods for singulating flex circuits can be bra
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 29 14:58:35 EST 2008 | ck_the_flip
Here is a useful website that defines Cpk: http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/pmc/section1/pmc16.htm For placement equipment, the manufacturers typically give you a glass plate, where the intent is to measure how far off the centroid you are
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 03 23:24:06 EST 2008 | Mag10
I have a project to evaluate solderability of various metals or plated finish. I'd like to tap in to get some advise. The project is to evaluate solderability of various metals or plated finishes for RF shield application with reflow. Due to the hig
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 06 11:48:09 EST 2008 | muse95
Black pad with IAg??? Tarnish is NOT black pad. Tarnish is usually just some silver sulfide on the surface and can also usually be soldered through, by using a little additional, or slightly more agressive, flux, and still make a good quality solder
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 14 15:14:31 EDT 2008 | samir
Dean, thanks for schooling me on this. I talked to an industry collegue whom I met at APEX, and it was he who had told me of the IAg "rework issue." Basically, he told me that they had field failures on QFPs that were a direct result of trying to "
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 19 13:39:51 EST 2009 | tedel
Yes, I called Fuji as well!! I guess we're all in the wrong buisness... Received a reply from Biral Lubricants in Norway, they state the following... "We have established our own warehouse in St.Petersburg, Florida and handle presently all inquirie
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 10 14:03:18 EDT 2008 | swag
Has anyone ever used local fids on flex circuits that are applied by the board house as black ink dots? Good or bad experience? We have a flex board that has two identical 60 pin, fine pitch connectors on it. From limited experience and reading so
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 12 06:12:09 EDT 2008 | omidjuve
we have pcb here that has a strange footprint on it the details for the device that should be placed on this pcb is part no. PSD833F2-90MI it has 3 different packages PQFP52,PLCC52,TQFP64 and the one that was in the BOM of this board was PQFP52. bu
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 13 10:41:13 EDT 2008 | slthomas
I don't know who's driving the bus there, but I personally would just tell my boss that it couldn't be done without: (1) compromising the quality and reliability of the product (2) increasing the cost to manufacture the product (3) increasing the scr
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 13 01:42:58 EDT 2008 | Sean
Thanks Real Chunks and Davef...Yours input is valuable to me. My inputs towards your question asked below: Questions are: * Why did you tell us the following? "This BGA is installed with heatsink (with hook at both side of the heat sink) manually b
