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Would You Trust These Parts?
After finding a batch of Package-on-Package components with a ~20% defect rate (that’s not a typo), I asked the vendor to have the lot of compon...
Ninjas and Flux
Ninja are known for their ability to combine two very different properties – power and stealth. Flux was never very good at this though, we usua...
Indium 8.9---This is BIG! 卓越非凡！！！
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Hand-Picked Designer Materials
It’s great when you find that perfect product, the product that makes life easy. Sometimes that perfect material has already been formulated &nd...
Thermal Interface Materials: A little is Good, So Is A Lot Better?
The images shown here are from an actual tear-down of a computer. They were taken from a forum where a perturbed PC technician replaced the thermal......
Preform Flux Types
When considering the choice of flux for preforms, in addition to factoring in the amount of flux required on a preform, the type of flux is also impor...
Research Solder Kits
I recently read an article at Development Monkey by Karen Field about how Development Kits are growing in popularity with Design Engineers. She report...
This Chart Can Be Yours!
The picture doesn’t do it justice, the real wall chart is around 23” x 33” and it contains a periodic table, list of popular alloys ...
We Are Engineers
This picture was taken before my last flight home from Taiwan. In front of me was a giant hunk of metal that over a hundred people would soon......
This Weekend Utica NY Hosted a Monster Truck Rally
How can I possibly put a semiconductor spin on this? Our industry seems just as simple when it is viewed from the outside. It is just a little piece.....