Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 17 15:06:57 EDT 1998 | Justin Medernach
| Hello Ya'll, | I've got what may be a silly question, but why does it seem so important to everybody that you have x-ray capability if you're thinking about doing BGA? | I know what most people will tell me; "Steve, that's a pretty silly qu
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 25 11:29:04 EDT 2007 | ck_the_flip
Forget all the bickering and semantics. EVERYONE IS RIGHT!! ...but then again, in soldering, there IS no right, wrong, or indifferent... just blame. :-) Soldering is, after all, the most difficult process with the most opportunities for defects.
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 29 14:16:16 EDT 2011 | ppcbs
Below is the long explanation. This defect is most commonly found with BGA components, but can arrise with all components. I see it happening more now with lead free boards that are being assembled with a no clean flux. Best short term remedy is t
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 12 11:59:50 EST 1999 | Ray Morford
AVX and a few other companies make these chip transient voltage suppressors (TVS) parts that are a real *PAIN* to use. According to AVX: "Due to the semiconducting nature of the doped Zinc Oxide (ZnO) ceramic material, SMT TransGuards are no
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 17 10:04:28 EST 1998 | Chrys
Necessity is the mother of invention... The other day I loaned my last bit of high-temp solder to a co-op and never saw it again. Then I had to run a profile and I was in a pickle with no solder. So I ran out to the local Radio Shack to see if the
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 20 09:41:11 EST 1998 | Chrys Shea
| I have been involved in SMT for only a few months so I am coming from a position of extreame ignorance. I have been asked to investigate the differences in soldering to components with Paladium coated leads vs the standard Tin_lead. I would appre
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 26 11:46:16 EST 1998 | Rin Or
| I have a problem! The solder on my pc boards look great comeing out | of my reflow oven. They go thrue the rest of the prossese | and at the end at the qc station it's cold or whitish or gray not shiny. | does any one have a idea on how to correct
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 19 20:25:52 EST 1998 | Steve Gregory
| I have a problem! The solder on my pc boards look great comeing out | of my reflow oven. They go thrue the rest of the prossese | and at the end at the qc station it's cold or whitish or gray not shiny. | does any one have a idea on how to correct
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 06 18:39:08 EST 2001 | MikeF
Also, check the website for Assembly magazine, http://www.assemblymag.com, they have some good information on the basics of torque. Determining the "correct" torque value can become very complicated very quickly. The same size screws made from differ
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 07 11:27:28 EST 2007 | patrickbruneel
Grant, Thanks for sharing that experience with us; this comes to show what damage can be done when politicians make laws based on rumors instead of facts. New laws as drastic as removing lead in soft soldering should have been based on scientific e
