Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 01 21:20:47 EST 2007 | J.R.
Let's talk pin holes and blow holes. I've been here since the transistion of leaded to lead-free process started for our company and we purchased a wave machine just to keep up with our lead-free orders. we put out 500-1000 boards a day both leaded a
Electronics Forum | Mon May 07 16:00:38 EDT 2007 | patrickbruneel
Dave, There is not really a �smart� or scientific way to check this but I know of easy ways and very effective ways. Fex. an easy way to check is with a 3� spatula, you hold the spatula at the same angle as the board and drag trough the wave simula
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 15 08:25:08 EST 2007 | rgduval
I do think that the designer goofed, and used too large vias. I believe he only used on size via on the entire board, regardless of whether it was in a pad, or out on the board. I have seen vias in pad work, though. From a manufacturing standpoint
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 21 09:20:36 EST 2007 | operator
Hello All, I read AIMs article "Time Above Liquidus". It was very informative and a good read. One thing that the article didn't touch on, that is a mystery to me, is thermal shock to components during the ramp up stage of a profile. If you
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 04 15:17:52 EST 2008 | iziris
This is my first circuit board that I am attempting to build and need a little help. Not exactly sure what is going on but maybe one of you guys could give some input. I am attaching the electrical diagram I am using. Everything thing seems to be wor
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 30 11:39:46 EDT 2009 | rgduval
Is this a sample board that you ran without components? If so, I'd get it back to your board house, and ask them to explain to you what's happening. We never did get to a satisfactory root cause on our issue (at least, satisfactory to me). It seem
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 12 15:32:15 EST 2009 | gtemkin
A few other data points to consider. My experience working with Dymax 984LVF material was that its UV cure must be initiated immediately after coating, otherwise is surface will remain tacky forever, something like a post-it note tackiness, which wi
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 30 16:00:50 EDT 2009 | joeherz
Fids ON the PCB will have a reference to the PCB 0,0 point in CAD data generally or can be measured with good accuracy in gerber if CAD is not available. Panel fiducials are not always referenced from the PCB 0,0 point but many times are referenced
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 02 12:57:15 EDT 2009 | operator
Hello, I have searched endlessly to get a good description of how these are manufactured and exactly how they are supposed to work. I have yet to find anything comprehensive. Our CEM ships our PCBs to us in plain cardboard boxes with Conductive Corr
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 05 00:09:31 EDT 2009 | operator
I have been trying to get in touch with TI about their SMT RFID chips. I want to learn more about its capabilities and everything involved. I have read many articles on RFID in general, but finding specific info on the SMT application has been diffic
