Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 22 15:51:08 EST 2004 | solderboffin
CBGA devices are a bit trickier to reball than run of the mil plastic devices. Once assemblied they are a bit like a sandwich when fitted to a PCB. From top to bottom it goes BGA device - Eutectic solder - High temp solder ball - eutectic solder -
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 26 19:37:47 EDT 2004 | Grant
Hi, It was funny. The sight of 3 men standing around the microwave daring each other to push the start button, and then freaking out when the whole thing looked as though it was going to explode was funny. I guess you have to try these things! Tho
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 05 06:50:44 EDT 2004 | cabjerk
Hi All: Thanks for the feedback. I've did a lot of surfing for more info and found there are pro's and con's to each side. One side with the customer P/N your customer service doesn't have to worry if the others bump their builds ahead of your an
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 15 03:00:21 EDT 2004 | pierrenoir
Hello to you all I was hoping one of you guys would be good enough to give me some advice on a problem I am having with some training simulators I have developed for my work. I have basically built two electronic control simulators to duplicate the o
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 26 08:41:56 EDT 2004 | Bob R.
When we first got into BGAs on ENIG we were getting joint cracking at in-circuit test. The joints were breaking in the Sn-Ni intermetallic. We did a lot of pull testing while working with our board suppliers and our conclusion was that pull testing
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 17 15:04:27 EST 2004 | russ
SMT assembly, First, you must utilize paste otherwise the parts will not stay put. Do you have any leaded devices such as QFPs or SOICs? Dispensing paste by hand is very difficult and time consuming for these types of parts. You can either dispense
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 15 04:00:11 EST 2004 | Base
Hi Serge, First of all: "i HAVE to buy"...? Sounds like someone is twisting your arm to buy a piece of iron you're not really enthousiastic about... But on a serious note: I've been comparing some machinery myself (also with Pana and Siemens) and I
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 16 03:39:00 EST 2004 | Base
Hi Rob, I can understand why you'r so passionate about your beloved Fuji's and judging by what I'm reading you have every reason to be. But also know this, (Fastek already pointed it out, but I'd like to emphasize it): a company's reputation, be it
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 12 06:04:58 EST 2005 | rlackey
Hi Patrick, I see what you're all are saying, and can understand how you come to that conclusion, however I would disagree with the protectionism arguement. Most of the electronics assemblies in Europe come in from China, Taiwan, Malaysia etc, (T
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 03 07:03:57 EST 2006 | Mity-C
Good Morning All, We have a Mydata shop. 5 lines in all. We are also using a mix of old style and Agilis feeders. The claim that you will not loose parts in loading is based on keeping the clip with the reel. This is the whole basis of the Agilis co
