Autonomous Vehicles with Require Electronics and Sensor that Can Survive Harsh Environments
While the smartphone industry worries about decreasing demand, automotive electronics is taking off with even greater demands on the electronics assem...
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Productivity is King in All Types of Manufacturing Processes
Here is another installment of the popular "Patty and the Professor" blog series. Today Patty and her team tour a factory to help them impro...
Join Me at SMTA Pan Pac Feb 11-14, 2019 in Kauai, Hawaii
I am presenting a paper on Tin Whiskers 101: 2019 at SMTA’s Pan Pacific Conference 2019. You can see the paper at https://www.indium.com/technic...
Gallium: Unsung Hero in Modern Living?
In one important way, gallium is fundamental to modern living: lighting. The semiconducting properties of gallium nitride make it an attractive materi...
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, ...
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 ...