Aftermath of The Professor's Visits to ACME
Folks, The adventoures of The Professor continue: In contemplating the events that transpired in the 9 months since The Professor’s last visit, ...
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CAUGHT! You Don't Comply With RoHS
Ever since RoHS was implemented in 2006, people have been wondering what happens to the company that gets caught with Pb, Cadmium, Chromium, or certai...
Solar Product Data Sheets
If you’ve checked out our data sheets lately, you may notice that they look a bit different. We’ve......
Thawing Flux Before Use
In order to achieve optimal performance, it is important to allow a refrigerated flux to warm to room temperature for......
Alloy Density Calculation
Folks, There is still considerable interest in the alloy density calculation and the related software I developed. Here is a post on this t...
Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems - Will they reach 50% Efficiency?
Concentrator Image Source: Meta Efficient Honestly, the solar business unit here at Indium is growing tremendously, and......
Should I be Afraid of Formic Acid?
I was asked by a customer (who I consider a friend), if I had any information about formic acid.span style="mso-spacerun:......
Pin in Paste using Solder Preforms
0402 or 0603 solder preforms deposited in paste for pin in paste assembly meta......
Effect of Particle Size on Solder Paste (Part I)
A well-respected colleague asked this week if the metal loading of type ‘4’ solder powder in a paste was lower than that for type ‘3...
Greenpeace vs. HP
Greenpeace continues to take unusual steps to push electronics companies to produce halogen-free products. On Tuesday July 28th, Greenpeace acti...
Solar Panel Certification: Barrier and Benefit; Reviewed by Eric Bastow
“I recently read an article in the April, 2009, edition of Sun & Wind Energy magazine, titled “Barrier and Benefit” by Ina Ropck...
RoHS: 3 Years Later
Folks, Amid predictions of disaster RoHS was enacted 3 years ago on 1 July 2006. The sky was going to fall…....it never did. ...