Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 15 22:01:34 EDT 2004 | rohman23
We've had a few problems with printing a flex-rigid PWB, and I'm hoping some of you could throw some opinions/suggestions my way. Our PWB is about 8" x 11" divided into two parts (side A & B) by 2 wide flex cables. Each of these flex cables is ab
Electronics Forum | Mon May 02 18:54:28 EDT 2005 | MikeaJ
The answer you are looking for is part of your initial setup of the board and stencil. This information is to be found in the PCB setup menu/icon. The reason why the stencil loading pins are impacting the frame is because the default setting of the s
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 09 11:48:09 EST 2007 | realchunks
0.25mm tilt? That's pretty small depending on you BGA size. Is it failing? Or just your Q.E. being anal? What size BGA we talking about? What ball count? Just one board? Maybe cheaper to just repair. Now assuming there is NO part under the BGA
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 11 17:35:08 EST 2008 | davef
SM-840, is a material qualification document only, with all the test requirements applicable only to a defined test coupon, not to production boards. So, it's useless for what you're trying to accomplish. As assemblers use A-610 - Acceptability Of E
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 08 01:46:00 EDT 2023 | camilleyang3
To prevent BGA (Ball Grid Array) issues related to SMT (Surface Mount Technology) solder resist when fabricating a PCBA (Printed Circuit Board Assembly), you can follow these guidelines: Design considerations: Ensure proper spacing between BGA pads
Electronics Forum | Wed May 24 17:49:51 EDT 2000 | Keith Luke
SMTneters, The end of May finds several recent publications from leading publishers on my desk. I am all too happy to share these books with our loyal SMTneters in the hopes that they will provide us with a timely review of the new release. For ma
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 04 11:34:42 EDT 2002 | Bob Willis
Some additional comments from a paper may be of interest. Baking Printed Circuit Boards - Why and How Baking printed boards prior to conventional and surface mount assembly should not be necessary. Often boards are baked for historical reasons; in
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 10 13:16:17 EDT 2000 | Bob Willis
Here is some thing that I wrote a while back on solder beading. First what is a Solder Bead? The term solder bead is used to differentiate it from solder balls. A solder bead is a solder ball but its location is normally constant unlike solder bal
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 02 15:05:38 EDT 2011 | davef
A couple of points: * Just a nit, 'screens' fell in disuse 10-15 years ago. Old habits die slowly don't they? * Yes, DEK and MPM each hold about 50% of the solder paste printer market and about 4 or 5 others hold the rest. SOLDER PASTE PRINTER EQUI
Electronics Forum | Mon May 08 20:52:18 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Steve: A couple years ago, I decided that I needed to broaden my education in the areas(s) that I make my livelihood � soldering and assembly. I had attended some excellent (and some not so excellent) tutorials at NECON, but just felt I was missing
