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Recommended Solder Paste Aperture Configuration
What aperture shape/configuration do you recommend with our solder paste stencils for 008004 and 01005 pad sizes?
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Georgian Simion
Engineering and Operations Management, Independent Consultant

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Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Northrop Grumman

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Technical Support Engineer, Indium Corporation

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Tim O'Neill
Director of Product Management, AIM

Circuit Board Bow and Twist

Calculating PCB Hole Diameters

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Recommended Fiducial Shape

LED Component Shift During Reflow

Double sided SMT

Is lead contamination during cleaning of PB-free stencils possible?

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U.S. Air Force Reports on Roswell

U.S. Air Force officials release a 231-page report dismissing claims of an alien spacecraft crash in Roswell, New Mexico, almost exactly 50 years earlier.
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June 24, 2021

EVs to Top Vehicle Sales by 2033 in China, US

Global electric-vehicle (EV) supremacy is expected to arrive by 2033 -- five years earlier than previously forecast -- as tougher regulations and rising interest drive demand for zero-emission transportation, a new study found. Consultant Ernst & Young LLP sees EV sales outpacing fossil-fuel burners in 12 years in Europe, China and the US -- the world's largest auto markets. By 2045, non-EV sales are seen ...
Taipei Times

Chip shortage restricts China’s car production, leaving showrooms empty, but local brands are faring better
The global chip shortage continues to disrupt supply in China's car market, with no signs of relief, as output falls and dealers in some parts of the country struggle to fill ...
South China Morning Post

What to expect from Microsoft's next version of Windows
Last month, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella teased "one of the most significant updates of Windows of the past decade," and the company is planning to present it to the ...
CNBC

What's Going on With Amazon's "High-Tech" Warehouse Robots?
Amazon's innovation blog recently published a post entitled "New technologies to improve Amazon employee safety," which highlighted four different robotic systems ...
IEEE Spectrum

Technical Papers

Functional Test of RF Boards with MMCX Connectors

Data Exchange in Electronics Manufacturing

Benefits of Manual X-ray Inspection

The Elimination of Whiskers from Electroplated Tin

Thermal Profiling: Integral to a Process in Control

Test Series Covering miniLED Print & Inspection Challenges

Engineer's Guide to Component Re-Conditioning Using RHSD Process

X-Ray Inspection is Critical for Counterfeit Detection

Eight Steps to Ensure PCB Assembly Success

The Process Audit: One of the Most Important Procedures

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Why we still don't have self driving cars on the roads in 2021
Do you remember the time when self-driving cars were upon us? It was almost a decade ago when the Autonomous Vehicle division at Google (now Waymo) promised ...
Design Engineering

Why Does the World Harbor So Many Different Voltages, Plugs, and Sockets?
Standardization makes life easier, but it is often impossible to introduce it to systems that have a messy evolutionary history. Electricity supply is a case in point. Edison's ...
IEEE Spectrum

John McAfee, software pioneer turned fugitive, dead at 75
John McAfee, the outlandish security software pioneer who tried to live life as a hedonistic outsider while running from a host of legal troubles, was found dead in his ...
AP News

Cell Phone Radios Could Take Another Giant Leap Towards Miniaturization
Modern cell phones are packed with radios to send and receive phone calls, text messages and high-speed data. In turn, each relies on a mix of technologies--for ...
IEEE Spectrum

Reliability Performance of Very Thin Boards
This paper shows three different manufacturing approaches, which can be used for very thin any-layer build-ups.
Circuit Insight - Analysis Lab

Volkswagen's Tesla race hits wrong gear in China
Volkswagen's Tesla race is hitting the wrong gear in China. The 130 billion euro German carmaker has been hit by low Chinese sales of its flagship electric car. That ...
Reuters

Battery material company to add 290 jobs in Tennessee
A company that develops materials for lithium-ion batteries for electric cars and other uses is planning another $160 million investment expected to create 290 more ...
AP News

Hacker-Proof Digital Fingerprints
Researchers have found a way to use chaos to create digital fingerprints for electronic devices that may be unique enough to foil sophisticated hackers.
Circuit Insight - Technology Briefing

Is remote working good for business?
It seems that remote working is here to stay, at least in some form. Whilst some workers are eager to get back to the office full time, many of us have embraced the ...
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