Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 11 21:30:22 EDT 1998 | Grant Petty
I am looking at purchaseing a full convection bench top oven from OK Industrys. (Model JEM-310) It seems to have all the features that we will need for low volume production runs. It has a Nitrogen input option, and I am intrested if anyone on the fo
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 10 17:18:47 EDT 1998 | Igmar Grewar
| Okay, here's a stupid question. What exactly is HASL and OSP? We are going to delve into this technology where I work and I want to utilize the wealth of knowledge here to make life easier. Specifically, what are the differences, the advantages, di
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 10 17:04:10 EDT 1998 | David Spilker
| We're running into problems with board damage (broken traces, solder shorts) due to pliers and other bizarre tools being used for depanelization. I need some sort of fixture for this. A delrin plate with a slot cut to the correct depth and width mi
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 05 08:30:20 EDT 1998 | Wolfgang Hantz
We offer an upgrade service for notebooks with 486 SX/DX CPUs up to 586-133 MHz using the AMD 5x86-133 MHz CPU in the PQFP package. We are pretty succesful with this service and until today we did more than 1000 notebook upgrades this way. Now, - th
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 05 08:22:10 EDT 1998 | Wolfgang Hantz
We offer an upgrade service for notebooks with 486 SX/DX CPUs up to 586-133 MHz using the AMD 5x86-133 MHz CPU in the PQFP package. We are pretty succesful with this service and until today we did more than 1000 notebook upgrades this way. Now, - th
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 05 06:20:19 EDT 1998 | Terry Keen
I am currently reading as many articals as I can to familiaize myself with Surface Mount Technology. My company is planning to install a SM production line by the end of the year. Here is one of my questions. I have read that one of the specification
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 04 11:23:44 EDT 1998 | Frank S
If you could measure and chart 3 variables in my process, what would they be? The boards that I produce are on panels that are 12up and 2x4 up. All boards are single sided paper base w/o plated thru holes. They are on scored panels that measure 7"
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 04 11:57:59 EDT 1998 | Pete M
Be more specific on your problems? | If you could measure and chart 3 variables in my process, what would they be? | The boards that I produce are on panels that are 12up and 2x4 up. All boards are single sided paper base w/o plated thru holes. The
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 03 10:25:49 EDT 1998 | Justin Medernach
| Can anyone tell me if there is a reference for smt component height specs on the bottom side of a board, which will also go through wave soldering. A current design I am reviewing has tant caps(7343) and a crystal on the back side. Should I only b
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 02 12:58:07 EDT 1998 | Michael Allen
"...the part is aligned to the pads with in 10% before going into the IR oven." Sounds like the pad pitch might be okay (?). If that's not the problem, then what? I wish I had the answer, because I've struggled with heavy QFPs for some time now (2