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I've been doing a lot of reading lately on the continued efforts to ban all metals and all materials that actually contribute to society from electronic devices. This affects pcb finishes, solder, flux, board substrates, interconnects and components, obviously, but... Read more
Here's another QFN oopsie. Presumably, in this case, the flag pad on the QFN is needed as a heat sink and those vias are designed to conduct heat to the other side of the board. That's all good. But, with... Read more
How funny (ironic?) is it that just about every time us human-types try to solve a problem, we create another. Artificial sweeteners are allegedly better for your teeth and waist, but they may do other things and may, in fact,... Read more
Well, no one ever did give me a reasonable estimation at how deep a mole of moles would cover the earth. But then, I didn't go back and dig up my old chemistry notes and see if I could find... Read more
I don't normally celebrate the birthdays of people that I haven't personally met, unless, of course, I get a day off work because of them, but I was over on the RF Cafe website this morning and they noted today... Read more
How do you do it? We've told you not to space things too close. We've told you not to put vias in pads - like a million times. We've told you to watch out for spurious vacuum tubes. Okay, the... Read more
