Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 28 11:31:17 EDT 2008 | patrickbruneel
Matt solder mask finishes gives the widest process window in view of potential amount of residues when using No-Clean. Shiny (glass like) finishes are more sensitive to residues due to lower surface area compared to matt finish. If the shiny finish i
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 29 14:57:24 EDT 2008 | wavemasterlarry
What, Listen. Everyone know wave solders catch fire from time to time. I've only been a part of these fires a coupel times. Less than the number of fingers on my hands, so I don't think it's any different then anyone elses. Plus I havn't pulled o
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 27 23:12:37 EDT 2008 | amt61114
Our Cencorp TR1000 PCB router is down with a fault on the KaVo Type 4444 converter that reads "888.8" on the LED display. None of the documentation we have can explain what this fault means. We're searching for a replacement converter but have foun
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 28 11:07:34 EDT 2008 | saaitk
Can anyone please help me out. I am having solderability issues on a 208 pin QFP. I believe that it may be due to the age of the component. The date code states week 50 of 2003 which is not all that far off 5 years. The component was vacuum sealed at
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 29 08:13:59 EDT 2008 | davef
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Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 02 08:49:13 EDT 2008 | darkknight
Hello ! Been googleing to find information for my boss that has no knowledge on SMT and the SMT area is new here so they hire me to work in these area, the thing is that without knowledge they put the line on the factory but without any safety preca
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 03 19:54:23 EDT 2008 | vladig
Well, I'm not a sale person whatsoever. I'm a purely technical guy (even PhD :-)) who has been with the industry for quite a few years and I know very well what intermetallics means and how thck it should be for different board finishes and solders
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 09 16:10:15 EDT 2008 | davef
We don't know a Siemens S-27 Error Code from a shoe box, but our old friend Stefan Witte is wizard on Siemens machines. He has posted some troubleshooting guidance on his site. If that doesn't help; contact him, plead for mercy, and he probably will
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 05 12:15:34 EDT 2008 | evtimov
All, Does anyone have experience with underfill > 300balls BGA connector? We have a component with > 300balls BGA connector that connectorize with > Flex. Customer wants to have an > underfill > > Questions - Possibility for > underfill 300ba
Electronics Forum | Sun Sep 07 09:57:23 EDT 2008 | davef
We have BGA connectors on rigid laminate. Points are: * We love BGA connectors for mating mother/daughter boards because they eliminate the wave solder step required for PTH connectors. * BGA connectors are very tricky to assemble, much trickier than
