Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 17 17:56:59 EST 2004 | neil
Thank you! That was quite an ordeal. Our server was taken over by a hacker through a long existing hole in our web security that was discovered recently. We started out adding some new hardware and software last wednesday to plug the hole. When "sh
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 06 04:08:11 EDT 2004 | Pad2Pad.com
Hi All, A new version of Pad2Pad 1.3.0 is available for download. It contains multiple new price-time combinations. The list of parts and footprints is extended with DIP sockets, diodes, electrolytic SMT capacitors, popular transistors and ICs. Yo
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 30 17:20:09 EDT 2004 | Francois Monette
A couple of other potential issues are moisture/reflow related issues. This can include internal delaminations inside the component, potentially breaking or lifting the wirebonds. It may also induce warpage where the corners of the BGA will curl up.
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 17 03:26:57 EDT 2004 | soease
Well, regarding the paste specifications, it's no problem to add yours if it's not allready defined in the default library; parameters are for example, soak temp min & max, liquidous, ramp positive max, spike ramp min & max, all timings and so on. n
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 01 20:10:54 EDT 2004 | KEN
The alloy I have chosen uses a wetting angle of 50-70 degrees. Different alloys have different properties. I coupled experimental data with what others have published. Nothing new here. As for reliability...I think you'll be surprised what lead fr
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 07 13:17:48 EST 2005 | bschreiber
3) There are several papers on the safety of cleaning PCBs and ICs using ultrasonic technology. The latest is in the October 2004 issue of SMT magazine by William Kenyon, "Why Not Ultrasonics?" Most of the studies have been performed by Dr. B.P. Ri
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 08 22:37:03 EST 2005 | davef
Your company has chosen to define its requirements for tracebility as it has. So, people there should be able to help you understand their purpose and intent. For instance: * We distinguish between 'repair' and 'rework'. Repair requires a MRB ac
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 17:39:11 EST 2005 | Austinj
I am most familiar with Heller (10 yrs. of 1088 4 zone - 1800 8 zone ovens) and find them to be very reliable. Other Manufacturers may have five zone ovens on the used market. (I used Petlock as an example because you could get data sheets/specs from
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 24 07:06:06 EST 2005 | davef
There's a lot of comparison tables on the web. Here's one: Properties - Summary [A Winlow Circatex] Attribute||Hasl||Immersion Silver||Immersion Tin||Electroless Pd||OSP||Eless Ni / Imm Au Shelf Life (months)||12||12||12||12||12||6 Multiple Reflows
Electronics Forum | Fri May 27 11:12:04 EDT 2005 | Ray
We have switched from Uniscam due to support issues and their ablity to come out with a new USABLE version. We have been running it for close to 2 years now and we have been extremely happy with its performance and their support. Version 6.0 which