Use FMEA to Manage Tin Whisker Risk
Failure modes and effects analysis is a good strategy to assess tin whisker risk, and the risk priority number plays a crucial role in this analysis, ...
Dr. Ron Lasky
Self-Driving Cars Decades Away Means More Electronics Will Be Needed
Recent articles have added to the confusion regarding when fully autonomous vehicles will become common. One suggests that they around the corner ......
A Precise Equation Relating Karats of Gold to Density in Gold Alloys
Dr. Ron received a question asking him to verify a calculation used to determine the karat value of various gold-based alloys. It's not as si...
Patty and the Professor Flashback: Uptime Part 4
Folks, the adventures of The Professor continue. This blog post is a must-read if you are concerned about improving electronics assembly line pro...
The Professor's second visit to ACME..... continued
The Professor shows Acme how to increase profitability even with a $5.00 increase in pay by keeping their electronics assembly line running throu...
The Return of Patty and the Professor: Uptime Part 2
Although the first episodes of Patty and the Professor were published several years ago, the lessons they taught us are still as vital as ev...
The Return of Patty and the Professor
I'm dusting off some previous posts from the book, “The Adventures of Patty and the Professor" to invigorate discussions of process exc...
Which Golf Ball Goes the Furthest?
An engineer's experiment to see which golf ball goes the farthest: I compared four popular golf balls and measured speed with my swing speed ...
A Two Day Workshop on SMT Topics in Penang Malaysia
I recently gave a two-day workshop on Issues to be Resolved in SMT Assembly in Malaysia. It covered many topics related to lead-free SMT assembly....
Hypothesis Test Spreadsheet for Cpk of Stencil Printing Transfer Efficiency
If you are interested in monitoring transfer efficiency Cpks to reduce end-of-line soldering defects, you will be interested in this post to hep calcu...
Another Profound Reason Why Robots and AI Won't Take Most Jobs
Some thought on what automation means to our jobs, our industry, and our future....
Soldering 101: The Simplicity of Soldering - The Complexity of Solder Paste
Solder paste is a candidate to be the most highly engineered material in the world... and it is certainly NOT a commodity. It must print well, possess...