Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 10 10:49:24 EST 1999 | Mike F
Some of our boards have over 700 LED's, so looking for the long leads is the most accurate way to check polarity. Also, not all LED's have a flat side and tinted domes can make it difficult to see the internal structure. Auto insertion didn't work, f
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 10 14:49:57 EST 1999 | John Thorup
Hi Mike consider buying your LEDs from a value added distributor or sending the to a service house for trimming. It's no trick to cut so that one lead is longer than the other although you may have to pay a tooling charge. These people are equipped
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 18 19:45:26 EST 1999 | Deon Nungaray
Deon Response: Hello Will, Yes, you can reflow a double sided board using 63/37 solder paste on both sides. There are some limitations as far as the mass of the components to reflow the second time. If you have doubts or are concerned that a compone
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 26 03:29:00 EST 1999 | TIM GOODMAN
HI WELL WE HAVE PLACED BGA,S AT A COMPANY ON A TRIAL BASIS, THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT YOU USE A PART DATA WITH A SQUARE PART IE PART TYPE 2 WITH A VERY SMALL BODY TOL .THIS WORKS WELL ON LARGE BGA,S BUT PLEASE PRE ROTATE AND MOVE AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE.
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 14 10:49:13 EDT 1999 | Dan Woodward
Andrew, As I read about issues with reworking connectors, whether they are surface mount or PTH soldered, I wonder if compliant pin pressfit connectors are being considered. They are easily assembled after all SMT without any thermal input, and on e
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 22 16:48:40 EDT 1999 | C.K.
Question for you SMT guru's out there. What is the best way to support boards on Fuji's CP6 machine's x-y table...particularly for 2nd side SMT where the support side already has parts... I am toying around with the following methods: 1.) Custom b
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 22 16:51:05 EDT 1999 | C.K.
| Question for you SMT guru's out there. | | What is the best way to support boards on Fuji's CP6 machine's x-y table...particularly for 2nd side SMT where the support side already has parts... I am toying around with the following methods: | | 1.
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 23 10:20:58 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| Question for you SMT guru's out there. | | What is the best way to support boards on Fuji's CP6 machine's x-y table...particularly for 2nd side SMT where the support side already has parts... I am toying around with the following methods: | | 1.
Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 15 11:02:37 EDT 1999 | Jeff Ferry
| Ladies and Gentlemen, | | As a newly appointed DFM/CE "guru" here, one of my responsibilities has become repair (of course). As I have some knowledge of BGA repair/rework using semi-automated equipment, it naturally follows I would hav tremendous
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 16 09:46:58 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| I don't know if you have tried this but... | What if after removing the bad connector, while the holes are still molten you insert the new one right into the holes? | | This is the way we do it, and it seems to work | | Good luck | Mike and Scot
