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Stainless Steel Benches and ESD
I do some contract work for a company that uses stainless steel benches in both their assembly area and test lab. I'm having trouble making the case to replace them ...
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Paul Austen
Senior Project Engineer, Electronic Controls Design Inc

Jerry Karp
President, JSK Associates

Edithel Marietti
Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Northrop Grumman

Paul Dickerson
Supply Chain Engineer, Matric Group

Hartmut Berndt
President, B.E.STAT group

Leo Lambert
Vice President, Technical Director, EPTAC Corporation

Exposed Copper Defect

What's Causing Cloudy Conformal Coating

Channels To Reduce Voids in Large Pads

Options for Reballing BGA Components

Aluminum Trays and Rapid Static Discharge

BGA Solder Ball Shelf Life

Tarnished OSP Circuit Boards

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Industry Calendar

Sep 22, 2020
InSIDER Series: Entendiendo y solucionando el defecto de voids en componentes BTCs (QFNs)
Indium Corporation

Sep 22, 2020
iMAPS New England's 47th Symposium
IMAPS

Sep 23, 2020
Design for Manufacture(DfM) in PCB Production Webinar
NCAB Group USA

Sep 24, 2020
FREE XJTAG Hands-on Practical Boundary Scan Webinar - USA
XJTAG

Sep 27, 2020
SMTA International 2020
SMTA

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Capitol Cornerstone is Laid

George Washington lays the cornerstone to the United States Capitol building, the home of the legislative branch of American government.
The day was Sep 18. What year was it?

September 18, 2020

The Musk Method: Learn From Partners Then Go It Alone

Elon Musk is hailed as an innovator and disruptor who went from knowing next to nothing about building cars to running the world’s most valuable automaker in the space of 16 years. But his record shows he is more of a fast learner who forged alliances with firms that had technology Tesla lacked, hired some of their most talented people, and then powered through the boundaries that limited ...
Reuters

China firms enter supply chains for new Apple Watch, iPad
Luxshare Precision Industry is a secondary supplier for the Apple Watch Series 6, while BYD is among the suppliers for the new Wi-Fi iPad series, according to industry ...
Digitimes

Prices for Huawei phones increase in China
Chinese consumers are rushing to buy smartphones from Huawei Technologies Co featuring its high-end Kirin chips, fearing that curbs on the firm's access to US ...
Taipei Times

TikTok and Oracle might have a deal. But Trump still needs to sign off
A deal to keep TikTok operational in the United States is inching forward. US regulators have tentatively agreed to a deal with the app's Chinese parent company, ...
CNN

Technical Papers

Scoring Big With Real-Time X-Ray Inspection

How well can you 'Pin Down' defects in the press-fit process?

Minimize Signal Loss in HF Circuits

Reliable & Fast Conformal Coating Inspection Provides Greater Safety

3D Printing Electronics Packaging for Harsh Environments

Selective Solder Nozzle Technology for Reduced Dross and Solder Balls

Artificial Intelligence: How far can you go?

Thermal Control for Big Data

When to Request a Custom Reflow Profile

Integrating Automated Storage Systems to Facilitate Industry 4.0

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9 Smart Ways to Recession-Proof Your Business (Fast)
If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it's that a devastating economic recession can happen at any time. Does your business have what it takes to weather ...
Entrepreneur

Make IoT Devices Certifiably Safe--and Secure
After unboxing a new gadget, few people stop to consider how things could go horribly wrong when it's plugged into the wall: A shorted wire could, for example, ...
IEEE Spectrum

Nvidia's $40 Billion ARM Purchase Will Test M&A 'Ceiling'
After nearly two months of negotiations and press reports that a blockbuster deal was in the works, Nvidia this week announced a $40 billion agreement to buy ARM ...
EPS News

AI Chips Sector is Booming
Big, complex data sets, a growing list of commercial applications advanced by impatient consumers and widespread adoption of deep learning and neural networks ...
EE Times

Selective Solder Pot Temperatures
What temperature should the solder pot in our selective soldering machine be? Should the temperature be different from our wave system? Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall ...
Circuit Insight - Board Talk

Worldwide Converged Systems Market Declines 4.5% Year Over Year During the Second Quarter of 2020
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Converged Systems Tracker, worldwide converged systems market revenue decreased ...
IDC

Low- to Mid-Range Smartphones Dominate Worldwide Smartphone Forecast with the Fastest Growth Expected in $400-600 Price Band, According to IDC
Economic uncertainties have increased the downward pressure on smartphone prices globally with 73% of shipments in 2020 expected to be priced below $400, ...
EE Times

Mechanical Shock and Drop Reliability Evaluation of the BGA Solder Joint Stack-Ups
This paper investigates the Mechanical Shock and Drop Reliability of SnAgCu ball Flip Chip BGA solder joints.
Circuit Insight - Production Floor

Huawei phone prices rise in China on fears of chip shortage
Chinese consumers are rushing to buy smartphones from Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] featuring its high-end Kirin chips, fearing curbs on the firm's access ...
Reuters

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Which one of the following has not won a Nobel Peace Prize: Yasser Arafat, Vaclav Havel, Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev
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Industry Press

Rehm's optimized production equipment for condensation soldering process
Rehm Thermal Systems

National Circuit Assembly Invests in GETech Router for Large Boards
National Circuit Assembly

AQS, Inc. Ramps up X-ray Capabilities with SEC
AQS, Inc.

Speedprint Turns in Record Month Despite Pandemic Challenges.
Speedprint Technology

Atotech to present at the SMTA International 2020
Atotech

Emil Otto expands portfolio of concentrates
Emil Otto GmbH

AMA Association reports industry development in the second quarter of 2020
AMA Association

IPTE FlexPresser II -- solutions for connection technology
IPTE Factory Automation

Board Shark PCB Joins Forces with ER North in Upper Midwest Territory
Board Shark PCB

Launch of Interface ConvexBT Load Button Load Cells
Interface

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Test Your Knowledge Answer

Which one of the following has not won a Nobel Peace Prize: Yasser Arafat, Vaclav Havel, Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev
Answer: Vaclav Havel. Yasser Arafat won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 for efforts to create peace in the Middle East. Nelson Mandela in 1993 for work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid. Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990 for his leading role in the peace process which today characterizes important parts of the international community.