Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 22 14:22:07 EST 2008 | stevek
Are you using nocleans, especially when you get to SMT? Years ago, I had OA wave flux get into vias that were plugged from the top under parts. It is really difficult to clean small, high aspect ratio vias. Cross sections showed that the copper in
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 03 23:24:06 EST 2008 | Mag10
I have a project to evaluate solderability of various metals or plated finish. I'd like to tap in to get some advise. The project is to evaluate solderability of various metals or plated finishes for RF shield application with reflow. Due to the hig
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 06 11:48:09 EST 2008 | muse95
Black pad with IAg??? Tarnish is NOT black pad. Tarnish is usually just some silver sulfide on the surface and can also usually be soldered through, by using a little additional, or slightly more agressive, flux, and still make a good quality solder
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 14 15:14:31 EDT 2008 | samir
Dean, thanks for schooling me on this. I talked to an industry collegue whom I met at APEX, and it was he who had told me of the IAg "rework issue." Basically, he told me that they had field failures on QFPs that were a direct result of trying to "
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 10 14:03:18 EDT 2008 | swag
Has anyone ever used local fids on flex circuits that are applied by the board house as black ink dots? Good or bad experience? We have a flex board that has two identical 60 pin, fine pitch connectors on it. From limited experience and reading so
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 12 06:12:09 EDT 2008 | omidjuve
we have pcb here that has a strange footprint on it the details for the device that should be placed on this pcb is part no. PSD833F2-90MI it has 3 different packages PQFP52,PLCC52,TQFP64 and the one that was in the BOM of this board was PQFP52. bu
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 13 10:41:13 EDT 2008 | slthomas
I don't know who's driving the bus there, but I personally would just tell my boss that it couldn't be done without: (1) compromising the quality and reliability of the product (2) increasing the cost to manufacture the product (3) increasing the scr
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 17 11:56:38 EDT 2008 | dyoungquist
We have had VERY GOOD free tech support from Mydata. However, we bought a refurbished TP9 directly from them. I believe if you by a used MyData machine from someone else there is a fee to register your company and the machine in their system before
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 12 13:41:23 EDT 2008 | swag
We have a lead free assembly with a 128-Pin PQFP with 20 mil pitch leads. We have tried stencil aperture reductions, step-down stencils, different thickness stencils, various printer setting changes, placement pressure changes, nozzle changes, moved
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 13 15:17:03 EDT 2008 | slthomas
about WHY violating IPC design standards gives you grief? Do they even know they exist? We've got one in particular that seems to shoot from the hip. I want to tell them the "why" as well as the "what" so they'll be a little more proactive. My fee
