Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 16 13:40:08 EDT 1998 | Chrys
| Is there anybody to help me ? | We have small balls appearing on the boards soldered by | wave soldering machine and it looks that use of nitrogen | is linked to the problem (because without nitrogen, we have no more | problems). | That remind you
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 14 18:01:28 EDT 1998 | Mike C
We received a letter from IPC concerning patent infringements (patents held by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) LTD (Panasonic) that may effect most of us who use adhesive to secure components to PCBs for subsequent wave soldering process. If you
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 14 09:01:36 EDT 1998 | Justin Medernach
| We are having some difficulty soldering a 240 pin Altera device. We use Alpha WS-609, a very generic profile for that solder paste, and a 6 mil stencil with laser cut apertures (1:1 ratio). This is a 20 mil pitch device (aperture size is 10 mils X
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 19 14:11:20 EDT 1998 | D.Lange
| This may be a dumb question but what the heck, What is an ICQ #? Mike, If you have ever used AOL's chat rooms you will know that you can only chat with AOL suscribers. ICQ assigns you a number and allows you to chat through their servers to anyone
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 13 07:55:48 EDT 1998 | justin medernach
Dear Justin, I am not asking for experiences with ovens as to whether you think they are capable of THT reflow. I am asking more specifically about actual req's and experiences with THT reflow, regardless of the oven used. Your answer does not hold i
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 09 09:25:04 EDT 1998 | Terry Burnette
| I am in urgent need of a pcb land patten (footprint)for this device. I have the component data sheet with with package dimensions from Motorola, but they do not include the recommended land pattern. I requested a patten over a week ago, but have
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 08 11:30:03 EDT 1998 | mpark
Clint, You may want to call KJ Marketing Services, a Canadian company that fabricates plastic laser cut stencil. They call it "Kepoch stencil" This material was originally developed by Dupont, and patented and marketed by KJ. It was available for
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 07 14:37:14 EDT 1998 | Chrys
Be careful about the material you choose. All the materials out there are basically glass-filled epoxy composites, but they are different blends with different fillers. Some of them have carbon in the matrix to make them ESD safe, but it also short
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 08 13:46:22 EDT 1998 | Scott Cook
| Sylvia, | I believe you will find that contrary to Scott Cooks submission, that the work carried out by Robert Clark of Hughes Missile Systems at (then) Tuscon Arizona formed the basis of the MIL-F-14256 spec which "Qualified?" or at least "Approve
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 25 14:05:18 EST 1998 | Justin Medernach
| We currently use an abrasive fiberglass brush to clean the silver oxide off of our substrates proir to asembly. It's messy and tiring. Is there an alternative method, either chemical or mechanical that is cost effective for small (30 to 50ea 6in