Electronics Forum | Fri May 01 20:12:29 EDT 1998 | Steve Gregory
| I've never seen this before. Today, I got this tombstoning on Tantalum Capacitors (Okay, I saw that before) | Here's the part that seems weird to me: | -They didn't tombstone onto a termination - they went onto their sides! That's right, both ter
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 08 00:49:37 EDT 1998 | Steve Gregory
Well...I think we just about beat this one to death, but I'll go ahead and add a couple more points to "pro-score" camp...WITH the caveat that it HAS to be done right! Yes, I will say that I've had to deal with the wrong spec'd or crappy scor
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 17 11:16:15 EST 1998 | Scott Cook
| Children, | Let's stop the squabbling. SMTNET is here for us to use. It may run slower but it is still a very effective and necessary tool. It's amazing, as we progress further into the information age, we become spoiled and frustrated about an
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 17 11:32:35 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| | Children, | | Let's stop the squabbling. SMTNET is here for us to use. It may run slower but it is still a very effective and necessary tool. It's amazing, as we progress further into the information age, we become spoiled and frustrated about
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 05 23:52:26 EST 1998 | Ron Costa
| Hi Ron, | Your question really opens up a "Pandora's box", but when you say you're not able to print perfectly, what is it exactly that you mean? Is the print lacking volume? Is it mis-registered? Are you bridging? Also, what printers have you used
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 05 17:37:56 EDT 2001 | seand
Hello Jeff, If you have components on your board be careful of how low the frequency is that you will be applying to your board. Ultrasonics are great for cleaning stencils and bare boards at around 40kHz. These frequencies (and Lower)may however
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 25 14:08:59 EDT 2001 | davef
Oooo, the solder on the pad and PGA ball is flowing during reflow down the via to the secondary side? Why didn�t you say so?? ;-) Why would you expect that gravity and capillary action wouldn�t force solder to flow down the solder plated via to the
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 04 17:55:35 EST 2002 | davef
Let me expand on Cal's comments. Recommended??? What people recommend depends on whom you ask and what is their motivation. Me??? There is no hand lotion recommended for use in electronics manufacture. Brian Ellis [a respected author on cleaning
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 12 17:22:47 EDT 2002 | davef
First, splitting hairs on parlance. * Conformal Coating. A thin electrically nonconductive protective coating that conforms to the configuration of the covered assembly to provide environmental and mechanical protection. * Solder Mask. Coating mate
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 19 11:14:45 EDT 2002 | Jim M.
We had lots of problems with bridging on 15.8mm pitch, QFP17-160 at the start.The board was .032 thick, double sided-six boards to a panel. Here is the problems (not neccessarily in the biggest to little but as i remember them) and solutions that he
