Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 19 17:41:21 EDT 2001 | Stefan
I used to love tweaking. I tweaked and tweaked until I got a master degree in tweaking. But than I had to teach others how to program a board and avoid tweaking. After all it does not go quite conform with ISO and other quality approaches. I investig
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 26 00:03:09 EDT 2010 | jmelson
Hmm, that's a fairly old machine, even older than mine! (I have a CSM84 PA130640). Anyway, it is best to program the machine from CAD system data, I wrote a little program in C to read in the component type and XYR position, and produce the file in
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 01 19:57:07 EST 2002 | davef
Selective soldering machines are a good way to "finish automation", if the design of the PCB is conducive to the application with just a few components to solder. Your points are good. A decision matrix for selecting a machine might also include:
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 02 11:57:08 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Well, I thing mowing his lawn will get your farther, but if you insist.... Fids - Fiducial registration seems to be a bear with most machines. Especially now that most boards are shipped form over seas, the quality is all over the map. Plus the fa
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 19 09:17:16 EDT 2013 | rgduval
Any CSM84 geniuses out there? I've been working on these machines for about six months now, after spending 10 years on MyData's. I'm adjusting to the way the CSM's see the world, but, have run into something that I could use an assist with. I'm ha
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 26 17:45:26 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | | Earl said, in essence: | | | | | | | Justin is absolutely right ... | | | | | | | | Again, Entek is not much more than a flux coating ... | | | | | | | | Metallic coatings protect best, as we all know - especially those electroplated. Those
