Still Much Hype Around AI and Industry 4.0

Folks, I recently read an article about “Lighthouse Factories” which appear to be implementations of Industry 4.0. It is encouraging that ...

Posted On: March 18th, 2021 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Tin: The Foundation Metal of Soldering

Folks, The vast majority of solders used in electronic assembly have, as their base metal, tin. There are some specialty gold solders, like gold-co...

Posted On: March 14th, 2021 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Checking Moore’s Law

Folks, Moore’s Law was developed by Gordon Moore in 1965. It predicted that the number of transistors in integrate circuits would double approxi...

Posted On: March 12th, 2021 | By: Meagan Sloan

Stencil Printing 101 Webinar Follow-up

Recently, I hosted a webinar for Stencil Printing 101. The InSIDER Series contained two parts. The first is on the basics: Solder paste 101 – th...

Posted On: February 28th, 2021 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

SMT Assembly is an Optimization Process

Folks, SMT assembly is an optimization process. There is no single stencil printing process for all PWB designs. The stencil printing parameters of st...

Posted On: February 26th, 2021 | By: Claire Hotvedt

Durafuse™ LT - RF Shielding

What does DurafuseTM LT - a low-temperature solder have to do with RF shielding?...

Posted On: February 25th, 2021 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Is Quantum Computing Emerging to Solve Practical Problems?

Folks, I read with interest Zohair Mehkri’s SMTAI 2020 paper entitled How Quantum Computing (QC) will Revolutionize Electronics Manufacturing. I...

Posted On: February 18th, 2021 | By: Jenny Gallery

Solder in Medical Devices: What Solder Are You Wearing?

Both hearing aids and CGMs, wearable medical devices, generally use fine powdered SAC305 solder paste, or an equivalent, in the assembly. This complie...