Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 02 12:02:33 EST 2020 | mikekeens
Depends on the programming that needs to be done - there is free software available such as GERBV - 'http://gerbv.geda-project.org/' but not that easy to use. For comparing BOM's there is some free software called MELD - http://meldmerge.org/ that's
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 22 17:39:58 EDT 2021 | proceng1
We do use a company for custom fixtures, but we also make some in house. The biggest hurdle for a board that requires a fixture to go through printing and SMT is that the board has to be the tallest thing. So any hold downs or locating hardware has
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 14 18:23:40 EDT 2021 | mikeybinec
OK, thanks for access a few decades ago when I was a kid, I printed soldermask and legend inks on circuit boards. Printing solder mask, (PC-401, SR1000, LPI) I would use SM-1000 stencil material on 86 or 110 mesh I've been trying to find sm-1000 bu
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 21 19:20:31 EST 2022 | SMTA-64304163
Can someone who designs IMS printed circuit boards advise us on how to document the materials on the drawing. We are looking for applicable specifications to reference along with the physical specs. The current design is 066 +/-.006. .059 al, .0028
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 07 23:43:31 EDT 2022 | tey422
We been using the Sayaka SAM-CT23Q machine to depanel PCB, it was fine. But now, we have to depanel the Aluminum PCBs the current bits from IMPEC we are using are not strong enough (1.5x8.0 diamond downcut). Need to find much strong bit or bits des
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 02 14:46:06 EDT 2023 | davef
Lab tests can confirm the composition of your material. I'm going with tin oxide. Tin oxide changes color depending on the thickness of the deposit. Your deposit is fairly thin. It will change to a brown color as the thickness increases. Your EDX
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 03 17:08:31 EDT 2023 | assuredtech
What Is FR4 Substrate Material? FR4, also written as FR-4, is both a name and a standard rating. The name is applied to the fiberglass-reinforced epoxy-laminated sheets used in printed circuit board manufacturing. However, the name also functions as
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 03 18:09:06 EDT 2023 | glasscake
Try a liquid latex masking material. Youll most likely have to cover the hole with kapton, really drench the thing in the liquid latex to prevent the ultrasonic from damaging it then bake it at 50-70c for about 2-4 hours. With no bake its usually a 2
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 04 20:46:56 EDT 2023 | stephendo
I believe usually board shops will have scrap pieces laying around and will send you some if you ask. I've also seen them use scrap material to sandwich production boards for shipment to protect them. And we usually get scrap boards for testing and h
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 23 15:19:35 EDT 2024 | tey422
The impact of course is a lot less for newer PnP, but for older machine there might be different story. What if the bad marks not being read correctly? The result would be "good" board being skipped, while "X-out" being loaded. That would waste mu