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December 17, 2008
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Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for 2009
 We send our warmest Christmas wishes to our friends and colleagues around the globe. May joy and happiness snow on you, may the bells jingle for you, and may Santa be extra good to you this year.
Jeff Ferry, President
Peter Vigneau, GM
Andy Price, Sales Manager
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A Circuit Board Operating Room
In one benchtop kit
 The Professional Repair Kit is the most complete and most versatile circuit board repair kit you'll find anywhere. Repair damaged surface mount and BGA pads, plated holes, conductors, base board... It's the total package.
CircuitMedic
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Test Your Knowledge
Time is to frequency, as 8 is to: 1/8, 4, 16 or 64
See the answer below.
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Did You Know?
Thomas Edison's first major invention was the quadruplex telegraph. Unlike other telegraphs at the time, it could send four messages at the same time over one wire.
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Before you consider the scrap barrel
Think about the impact on your bottom line
What happens to your valuable circuit boards when they're damaged? Can you repair them reliably? You might be surprised.
Circuit Technology Center
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A Photographer, the White House, and a smashed SD card
 What do you do when an SD card containing shots of President George W. Bush and your client in the White House breaks into pieces, leaving you holding one of the tiny microchips you know full well should be inside?
The answer probably won't surprise you one bit: Take a deep breath and try to remain calm. This will provide you with no practical benefit. It will, however, afford you just enough time to really mull over how completely screwed you might ...
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| Industry Features |
White Residue Rings
What happens when paste residues and cleaning solvents are incompatible? As debuted in these pages last month, the National ...
Circuits Assembly Magazine |
Hot technologies to watch for in 2009
Every technologist, marketer, industry analyst and reporter on a hunt for the next big thing is bracing for the 2009 Consumer ...
Electronics Supply and Manufacturing Magazine |
Matching Cleaning Process to Solder Alloy
How can we determine PCBA cleanliness in a cleaning process? How do cleaning materials change with environmental restrictions? What is ...
Surface Mount Technology Magazine |
HIP Defects in BGAs
A study shows two significant factors are solder paste flux chemistry and BGA alloy ball wetting. Head-in-pillow (HIP), also known as ...
Circuits Assembly Magazine |
BGA Footprint Mods... Are They Possible?
 BGA rework is a topic about which volumes have been written, and in most cases the focus has been on component removal and replacement. However, equally important is the topic of BGA site modification, and the need for such modification arises often.
A common type of BGA site modification is the need to add a jumper wire at a BGA site. One option, of only a few, is to run a jumper through a hole in ...
Learn more ...
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Simple and Elegant
Discover a new way to bond jumper wires
 No more hot melt glue, no more super glue mess. Hold wires permanently with Flextac Wire Dots. Just peel and stick for a quick, neat job.
CircuitMedic
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Quote of the Day
"The trouble with America is that there are far too many wide-open spaces surrounded by teeth."
Charles Luckman
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"…if you have already sent us your payment, please accept our apology for the death threat and warm wishes for the holiday season."
Copyright © Randy Glasbergen
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Simplify BGA Rework
With unique adhesive backed stencils
 If you've been using metal stencils for BGA rework, we have some great news for you. A new type of stencil with adhesive backing. Easy to position and you'll eliminate paste bleed. Free sample.
CircuitMedic
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Knowledge Test Answer
Time is to frequency, as 8 is to: 1/8, 4, 16 or 64
Answer: 1/8. Time and frequency are inversely related: 8 and 1/8 are inversely related.
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