Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 27 21:45:34 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Alan: How are these boards finished for you? Have they been drilled and you "just" need to singulate them? Or do you need to drill them? Drilling equipment and services: * Laser Precise 200 Perimeter Park, Suite A Knoxville, TN 37922-2230 800-87
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 06 07:37:38 EDT 2003 | mattiasw
Hi! I just wanted to shortly share my experience with AOI machines. We have a VisionPoint from Diagnosys (Same software as in the Photon dynamics machines) and the machine is doing it�s job really good actually...BUT! The machine building quality is
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 11 15:59:52 EDT 2000 | JohnW
George, I looked at the winkic & profit software and tool's a while ago along with some of the alternatives. No matter what anyone tell's you in the 1st instance you do still need a profile card as what you are doing is comparing the known good prof
Electronics Forum | Wed May 24 17:49:51 EDT 2000 | Keith Luke
SMTneters, The end of May finds several recent publications from leading publishers on my desk. I am all too happy to share these books with our loyal SMTneters in the hopes that they will provide us with a timely review of the new release. For ma
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 25 10:13:18 EST 2000 | Robert Hutton-Squire
I am assembling a board with 2 x ALTERA FineLine PBGA devices. (256-pin and 100-pin) These devices have: surface pad size = 0.41mm (16) ball size = 0.48mm (18.9) ball pitch = 1.0mm (40) For my FIRST attempt I screen printed a fine pitch water solub
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 27 20:48:25 EST 2000 | Dave F
Robert: Howya doin' bud? You say "BGA Shorting!!!" I say "Too Much Solder!!!" So, earlier comments about aperture design are appropriate, make good points, and I think we both agree that improvements could be made in your stencil design, but I'm
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 21 20:33:09 EST 2000 | Dave F
Shane: We don�t dispense, but we have thought about it. Several points about peelable solder masks in a no-clean (low residue) process: � Beware of latex peelable solder mask with a low res process without extensive testing. The problem is usuall
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 18 07:22:37 EST 2000 | davef
Cartman: Ah, another "hidden cost" of no-clean. I love no-clean people they're putting themselves out-of-business and they don't even realize it, but at least they're saving money. Enough pontificating, "yes" to all of the above. 1 Yes, no-cleans
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 20:25:17 EST 2000 | Chris Wallace
Like all who post messages here, I'm looking for a little bit (well, maybe a lot of bit) of help. We're currently going through a redesign of a board which will utilize several FPGAs. The manufacturer (Xilinx) recommends using solder mask defined p
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 04:47:29 EST 2000 | Dean
Hey Sal. Requests I typically receive from management stay just that - requests! Maby its just me but unless you have a single line capable of full double sided capability (printer, P&P, flipper (inverter), printer, P&P, reflow oven) the extra trou
