Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 12 18:58:19 EST 2008 | joeherz
I attended SMTA's copper dissolution webinar this morning and am almost convinced that this is not our problem. Still planning to do cross sections to verify but our dwell times are nowhere near levels that could cause a problem assuming good platin
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 10 13:27:07 EST 2008 | evtimov
Hi janz, you should be aware of everything. You are going to change subsystem on your machine. How much vacuum you need on the machine? Can you control the vacuum level with your system? Can you control the the system at all? Is it really much more
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 07 23:40:41 EST 2008 | padawanlinuxero
I have been working on the SMT area for a while now, must of my experience is on programming and pick and place, now in my new job I have to control a complete SMT line and I have a little knowledge on working with solder paste but I like to read mor
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 09 21:52:26 EST 2008 | phomann
Hi, I have acquired a Fisnar I&500 Solder Robot that has not come with the expected manuals and software. The machine is a 2001 vintage. CAn anyone help me with obtaining the operating/service manuals for the base unit. I have managed to get the m
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 14 03:41:26 EST 2008 | kywl
For your pad layout and spacing between > components, look here: _a class=roll > href="http://portal.ipc.org/Purchase/ProductDetail > .aspx?Product_code=77b562c1-b8f8-db11-8a6a-0050568 > 75b22" > target="_blank"_http://portal.ipc.org/Purchase/Pr
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 14 08:06:43 EST 2008 | jdengler
Have you figued out how to import the gerber data into Camtastic? Once that is done click the tool menu at the top then the assembly utilities then create and group parts. This will allow you to select the pads for a given package and name it the
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 14 10:38:17 EST 2008 | unisoft
You can use UniSoft ( http://www.unisoft-cim.com ) to solve your problem. They advertise here on SMTnet and are a 22-year-old software company. Their combination ProntoPLACE ( http://www.unisoft-cim.com/pcbplace.htm ) and ProntoGERBER-CONNECTION (
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 17 09:47:25 EST 2008 | cisridn
I would not recommend doing BGA soldering with only a hot air gun. I have done it in the past, but the boards would eventually come back from the field because the solder joints did not form correctly and the BGA would have to be reworked again. I
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 20 17:52:30 EST 2008 | orian
Hello Im a uni student trying to find out information on SMT. Ive just spent around 2 hours searching for SMT information and can not find anything. More i spend time trying to figure out how, im starting to think, this is not something you can do
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 01 12:39:06 EST 2008 | tsvetan
this is really nice one ;) paper and cotton have lowest potential to generate static electricity see below, and usually is good practice to wear cotton glowe at least to one of your hands to not leave greasy finger spots on the gold finish of the PC