Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 16:41:54 EDT 2008 | chrisawallace
At my last company, we sent specific key components out for remarking to help protect our intellectual property as it is much more difficult to copy a design if you don't know what the components are. (Yes, I understand this is not foolproof but rath
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 18:17:09 EDT 2008 | jmelson
I just got done analyzing an old piece of gear with relabeled parts. We had a schematic of the boards, with no info other than the OEM's part numbers and the way the chips were interconnected. It took me no more than 15 minutes with a couple databo
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 21:13:06 EDT 2008 | davef
Following chrisw's recommendation of a supplier above. Other component marking contractors are: * Prime Solutions; 4261 Business Center Dr, Fremont, CA , 94538-6357; 510-490-2299 http://www.primesol.com * e-certa.com; 3930 Walnut Ave, Bloomington, I
Electronics Forum | Fri May 02 08:50:08 EDT 2008 | realchunks
You're not the only one. We just got done with a batch of ICs that had a high reject rate at placement. The machine was rejecting about 70% of the parts because it didn't recognize the part. The reason it didn't recognize the part was due to the f
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 30 07:03:07 EDT 2008 | gemengr
DEK_265LT had been turn off and on by itsefl couple of time yesterday,and then off for good. I check the power going in to machine to the switch,got power to it,then power out to that little green box but there wasn't any power out put from that lit
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 14:25:31 EDT 2008 | ck_the_flip
Most white papers, like this one http://members.ipc.org/ipclogin/ipcmembers/IPC/Route/0706/0706techpaper.pdf, have written that lead contamination in a lead-free solder joint leads to all sorts of reliability problems. Consensus is that, if the cont
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 15:42:53 EDT 2008 | ck_the_flip
Yes, the authors do give the caveat that small amount of lead contamination in a SAC/Lead-Free system is tolerated provided the Pb-BGA has sufficiently reflowed. This verbiage is on the bottom of Figure 10. For my own peace-of-mind, I would send yo
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 06:35:51 EDT 2008 | kevinjm
Hi Jim, We had a similar problem with an AP-27. You could try to jumper the wires which lead in to the reed switch. Failing that you could swap out the opto module for this, in our machine it's located in rack 2-15. Rgards, Kev.
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 09:09:31 EDT 2008 | scottp
I looked at some no flow underfills about 5 years ago and they weren't quite ready for prime time yet. It's time to give it another look and I'm wondering if anyone is using them in production and how it's working. I'm looking at them for reducing
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 11:26:22 EDT 2008 | cdsullivan
Thank you for the reply. We do build SnPb assemblies as well as Pb-Free. I am aware of the Silver paste. However, what impact is there with reflowing SnPb components with a max temp of say 220C when using the higher Pb-Free temps?
