The World Needs WEEE/RoHS
Folks, Recently the concern for e-waste has hit the mainstream media. The most thorough article being in National Geographic with supporting articles ...
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Good Luck or Professional Help
A material trial can be a roll of the dice, or a very scientific experiment. Most customers don’t realize how much we crave new data points and ...
Dispensing Die-Attach Solder Paste
The picture shows a “Dispensing Component Kit”. I find this is extremely helpful in quickly verifying your powder/needle combination. This...
Halogen-Free Solder Paste - Part 2
We received a call today from a customer that had tested the halide content of their board and reflowed solder paste, without components, using Ion Ch...
PoP - Ready, Set, Reflow!
Package-on-Package processing steps can create delays in getting to the reflow process. If you are new to stacking components, consider the mainstream...
Sludge
We commonly think of flux itself as the reason it should only be used for 8 hours at a time. As the workable life of new fluxes increase,......
Synchronize Your Solar Cell
Many people do not consider either semiconductors or solar cells as having any moving parts. But this is not completely true. Indeed, every solar cell...
B2B Marcom Challenge: Product NOT Sexy
Think YOUR product isn't sexy??? Try differentiating a toilet seat. These people did According to a Marketing Profs newslette...
A Little B2B Viral Elfing, Anyone?
Who DIDN'T Elf themself this season? OfficeMax's wildly-popular ELF YOURSELF campaign enjoyed a second smash season in ...
Twinkies, Cockroaches, and Solder
We might as well add solder to the list of things that will still be around after a nuclear blast. I think everyone that has been in a......
Conductive Epoxy
Conductive epoxy is a polymer matrix with flakes of silver mixed into it. These silver flakes span a distance of about 40 microns or less. The silver....