Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 06 17:17:13 EST 2000 | gary
I need a little help with RF and Rogers 4003 board material. My background was in digital and now I need to set up a new line to make small RF products (.5" x .5" or smaller). I want to find out about board platings, finishes/maskings and reasonable
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 02 18:15:01 EST 2000 | Stu Leech
How is the component marked. Is it ink marked, laser marked or what? What is the material that the marking on? What volume are you looking at? We used a small, pencil-sized sand blaster, loaded with bicarbonate of soda to errode the mark off of plast
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 02 21:09:22 EST 2000 | Dave F
Doug: To remove paints, we've tried a bunch of stuff like messy, hazardous chemicals (ie, methylene chloride, xylene, toulene). We've blasted (erzat been blasted???), like Stu says. We used etching pens. Auuuurgh!!! Now, we paint over them with
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 02 13:17:00 EST 2000 | Russ
Jack, a couple of questions first, 1. What pitch are these leads? 2. What are the lead footprint dimensions? 3. Orientation of component? I personally have never had much luck soldering QFPs in the wave unless they are 50 mil pitch or greater, we o
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 01 09:34:13 EST 2000 | Sorin
HELLO, Do anybody know if is existing an empirical rule that can show me how many amps can carry a plated through hole with a diameter of x.xx millimeters? Is there a formula depending on X.XX value that could help me to make such calculations? How
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 01 17:09:51 EST 2000 | Dave F
Gwen: Failures occur during a products life cycle, as you say. According to Reliability Analysis Center, overall factors affecting reliability are: � Maintenance shop (17%) � Hardware reliability (16%) � Retest OK (28%) � Design (21%) � Quality (18
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 01 17:05:34 EST 2000 | Dave F
Glenn: I hear you, but when Steve talks about a "dark haze" and "scrap(ing) the �black stuff� off the pads" to make them solderable, but I don�t think of "black pad." I think of "black pad" as a surface coating that typically can not be removed by
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 07 21:14:46 EST 2000 | Doug Kennedy
Russ, I don't understand this thread in general...Got three APE Chipmaster's and one Chipper running 24/7 and have never had a problem....it's been almost three years. What are you doing with your Chipmaster? What chips? It's rare that we hav
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 09 10:13:40 EST 2000 | Erick Russell
Hi Casey, I accept your BOLD Rework challenge. Considering you did not say what the TEST was. Let's base it on speed, thermal uniformity, and process repeatability. I have sample boards that I will take to APEX with Back to Back BGAs. Does anyone wa
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 10 09:46:48 EST 2000 | Casey Scheu
Erick, I would love to see a demo; the offer is also extended to you. I checked out your web site, are you talking about the unit located at " http://www.vitechnology.com/products/ls100_1.htm"? I must say your systems looks very impressive, and e
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