Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 17 16:55:32 EDT 2014 | bobpan
Hello, The only thing i can think of is the x&y ribbon cables. I know you said they are good but they could have an intermittent break. I would get a spare set and plug them in with the machine at a slow speed setting and see if it works as normal. A
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 22 08:55:54 EDT 2014 | davef
I assume that you're talking about wanting to solder to metal tabs that are spot welded to the battery terminal. These tabs are not meant to be soldered. The metal was special selected for welding. In the old days, you could buy plumbing flux at th
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 29 00:07:31 EDT 2014 | padawanlinuxero
Frazz you are right!, I had the same problem, one thing as you mention is to borrow a tool, but in my case I had to let him use my tool cart!, first thing I had to go and get him, since he had to cross the border to Mexico, it was afraid someone cou
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 19:11:15 EDT 2014 | bobpan
As a small business owner and former FSE...Every customer is different. I can tell you that i talk to the customer and before i travel i will ask them....Do i need to bring my basic set of tools or can you supply basic tools. If not this saves the cu
Electronics Forum | Mon May 05 10:25:31 EDT 2014 | markhoch
I think what angered me the most was finding out that the FSE was going to need transportation to and from the plant every day. And I was more angered towards the Manufacturer's Sales Rep because my interpretation, though I may be wrong, was that the
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 29 16:26:59 EDT 2014 | hegemon
Our facility is 5 years in the current configuration. We are in 75K sq/ft and went with glued down fully conductive tile throughout the factory. Looks great after 5 years, and we have a lot of traffic. In this setup, those same high traffic area
Electronics Forum | Mon May 05 13:40:28 EDT 2014 | rway
The vent is there for reasons as the name implies. It's a safety feature to prevent the cap from exploding if over-tasked. Yes, without the relief on the end, the caps have a potential to become missiles when they go. I had one go off when my hand
Electronics Forum | Mon May 26 04:39:49 EDT 2014 | sarason
Damn near impossible. You need to see a real change in the difference between the 2 elements you are reading. So to give yourself any hope run 2 long traces one top one bottom up the length of the board. Then compare to 2 wriggly traces at one end (o
Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 01 13:50:12 EDT 2014 | sync40
Thank you for your reply davef. Although the US restriction, I think that there are plenty of users of immersion tin in Americas, mainly low-volume fabs that do not plan to outsource finishing, or do not plan or can not invest in a HASL. If we res
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 11 16:41:57 EDT 2014 | isd_jwendell
With Essemtec software you can specify to turn on vacuum once the nozzle is down at the part. The default method is to turn on the vacuum while the nozzle is up, but starting to move down. For light/tiny parts this can have the effect of making them
