Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 22 16:04:26 EST 2006 | mika
Hi, This Not so easy as one wuold think. Has the thermal pad of yours vias? How many? What's the via's dia? What is the pcb thickness? If the the pcb has a "ground layer" connected (vias) to the pcb thermal pad, it could sometimes be a little bit tri
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 12 09:04:18 EST 2007 | Cal
For insurance purposes we verification... Here is a snippet from Glenbrooks website. From http://www.glenbrooktech.com Design Safety Standards The design safety standards pertaining to Industrial X-ray Inspection Systems can be found in "Code of
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 16 17:22:47 EDT 2007 | Cmiller
James, I respectfully disagree with you. Rick, you are correct. Personaly I liked that Universal published prices for their machines a few years ago. Im not sure if they still do and there may still be "deals" to be made. If someone was buying ten of
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 27 16:51:14 EDT 2007 | gmoritz
I'm updating this thread and replying to the first post in the thread due to the annoying tendency for later posts to get indented to the point that you can only put one or two words per line. Our Rad 5, hit the skids again for the last couple of w
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 06 10:40:49 EST 2007 | patrickbruneel
Darby, To my knowledge no case of RoHS (lead) violation has ever gone to court in the EU. The only documented RoHS (lead) violation (again that I�m aware of) has been settled out of court in the UK. Check here: http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/s
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 19 08:43:03 EST 2008 | davef
Most of the "Economic Benefits" is a bunch of hand waving, but the one forceful point is: "Four companies of our survey mentioned monetary gains. One company states that it produces the same product for the world market as a result of RoHS. Due to ea
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 24 13:46:21 EDT 2008 | bschreiber
I know it is not what you want to hear, but first and foremost, you must consult your local regulating agencies and here is why: Solder paste contains heavy metals. We are all familiar with the problems associated with lead, but lead free solder pas
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 30 12:41:03 EDT 2008 | realchunks
Hi Dave, I am not a sales person pushing my wares here, just my engineering experiences - so I hope I am not out of line here on this forum anymore. When it comes to selective or spot soldering - it all depends on your board design. Many people al
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 14 09:41:35 EDT 2008 | davef
Q1. Do we really need to follow the IPC J-STD-001 Solder purity? A1. Yes, you should control impurities in solder. Further information: * "Allowable concentration of contaminating elements in solder: impurities are harmless unless their level goes to
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 26 16:24:18 EDT 2008 | rway
We currently use a YesTech M1 system and we are looking to buy another. Two important areas to look at when pursuing AOI equipment: 1) Camera resolution 2) Light sources Depending on your needs, camera resolution can be important depending on the si
