Solder Paste Usage Estimates
I have been often asked what the cost estimate for solder paste when quoting a product. Many CAD/CAM software packages have a copper area calculator a...
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Solder Failure Analysis
Failure analysis, physics of failure, design of experiments, and traceability are essential skills and systems needed to determine a root cause, a sol...
Reflow Oven Profiling
Reflow oven profiling can be your most powerful process validation and verification tool. It can be simplified as to not be a dreaded task to be skipp...
Optimized QFN Printing Tips
Beware of offset die, i.e. a thermal slug not centered in the device body but offset to the side. and too little solder paste deposited on thermal slu...
So You Want to be in Manufacturing?
"So You Want to be in Manufacturing?" Blog post for young manufacturing engineers, technicians, and manufacturing operations professio...