Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 29 08:37:03 EDT 2014 | cyber_wolf
"Have you ever landed at home Saturday night, flew out Monday morning, just to have someone bitch that you are late, my suspicion is, NO!" Not-my-problem....that's the nature of the beast when you are a FSE. The travel requisite gets explained to yo
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 29 22:00:24 EDT 2014 | dekhead
25+ years as an FSE and only recall once going on a job without tools (I changed planes in Seattle and tools went to Japan for a week); and I hate having to have someone drive me around (customers have insisted!). I don't know who JimmyB works for wh
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 14:20:54 EDT 2014 | rway
From my perspective, the installation phase of the project is part of the training, as you have alluded to. Part of this training is informing the customer about the necessary tools to perform testing/calibration/maintenance on the machine. This is
Electronics Forum | Tue May 06 09:28:13 EDT 2014 | swag
I think I know what's going on. It's an Engineer thing. I'm a Mech. Engineer that designs and builds tooling + services machines in-house. I order thousands of dollars of material and parts every month but at no time have I added a $6 set of allen
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 28 21:51:56 EDT 2014 | elabcircuits
Hello, We have a MPM UP2000 HiE printer from 2000, software version 7.2E. The PC board is not booting anymore (black screen), no drives spinning. It's an Advantech 486SX version. Question: would a Pentium 3 SBC (Single Board Computer) with ISA
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 29 15:04:08 EDT 2014 | gregcr
Hi All, We will be building out a new production area and am looking for your opinion on what flooring system to install. We currently use ESD VCT tile that was installed about 16 years ago. The area will be SMT equipment as well as some assembl
Electronics Forum | Sat May 03 10:20:47 EDT 2014 | proy
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Assembleon-smt/info See above, I have created a yahoogroup for Assembleon, philips, Yamaha users (a while ago I created a yahoogroup for zevatech and have since moved on, but it is still alive with some 75 active
Electronics Forum | Sat May 03 14:06:25 EDT 2014 | jyo_409
What are the possible reasons for electrolyte leakage What is the purpose of the vent in the capacitor? Why vent is not being maintained for all types / values of the capacitors? What is the significance of the end seal configuration. Why end seal co
Electronics Forum | Thu May 08 19:52:40 EDT 2014 | hegemon
There are many different style LGA packages, but don't sweat it. Stick with the manufacturers recommendations for PWB pad geometry for a start. Voiding can be reduced by careful profiling, and also by pre-tinning the devices. QFN style packages can b
Electronics Forum | Fri May 09 14:40:38 EDT 2014 | hegemon
I might start with the equivalent 4 or 5 mil stencil and 1:1 on the apertures. If voids are too prevalent, then I would tin the pads of the device, remove the solder, and then solder as above. You may have another hurdle, in that the resulting stan
