Circuits Assembly Online Magazine - Features

Aquacoat Plus is a water-based conformal coating formulated to protect electronic circuitry. Eliminates the need for extraction and other precautions normally required to apply solvent-based conformal coatings. Is non-flammable, contains low levels of VOCs. It contains no isocyanates, so it can be soldered through without fear of highly toxic gases, and is phenol-free (non-corrosive to cadmium and zinc plates)

Based on polymeric materials, said to offer adhesion on a variety of substrates and a wide operating temperature range. Available in two formulations: WBP and WBPS (Sprayable) for use in selective film coating equipment.

Meets the requirements of DEF-STAN, MIL and IPC-CC-830 and is RoHS compliant.

Electrolube, electrolube.com

U.S. Distributor: Christopher Associates, christopherweb.com

Engineering Data Management (EDM) suite helps engineering teams create RoHS/WEEE compliant products. The database management system enables detailed control over all product design data with emphasis on environmental compliance material content. Supports various versions of RoHS data including RoHS 5 (NIE exemption) and the general RoHS 6 requirements. Can manage all relevant product design data including ECAD (electrical) and MCAD (mechanical) with the capability to create RoHS/WEEE reporting documentation.

Functions include BOM versioning, ECO generation, full library and workflow management, and document archival for the engineering work group.

EMA Design Automation, ema-eda.com

Symbion S36 post-reflow automated optical inspection system provides inspection for high productivity and first-pass yield. Wizard & Go operation features a user-friendly graphic wizard interface that reduces set-up time and operator requirements. DPIX detection technology, based on specialized 3-D image acquisition and image processing techniques, reportedly ensures high accuracy detection with minimized false calls and without compromising speed. Produces measurement and attribute data for statistical process control (SPC). Integrated ADVISOR software allows users real-time access to data for continual process analysis and improvement.

Orbotech Ltd., orbotech.com

Green Monster! ESD stencil wiping rolls prevent static buildup and do not use weak paper or tissue fibers. Paper or tissue is typically only held together by weak hydrogen bonds which are quickly destroyed when wet. Instead, they use thicker and coarser rayon fibers that absorb solvents.

With coarse fibers, the porosity is higher, more vacuum can be used to clean solder paste from the apertures, and they are conducive to an aggressive cleaning surface.

High-Tech Conversions, high-techconversions.com

32K443-800 connector has a four-hole flange mounting structure, with a separate center contact pin soldered to the signal via the board. The connector is reusable, extra center contact pins are available. Said to have excellent electrical performance up to 18 GHz.

SMCC (surface mount coaxial connector) products provide an impedance match if the signal trace or signal via on the board is 50 Ohm.

Rosenberger provides custom footprints to its customers, developed based on the connector and board models that optimize RF performance.

Rosenberger of North America, rosenbergerna.com

GÖPEL electronic and Scorpion Technologies have developed a JTAG/Boundary Scan option for the Scorpion Flying Probe Tester (FPT).

Is based on the integration of the Cascon Galaxy software and Scanflex hardware into the FPT with up to 24 probes that can be freely positioned and used as virtual Boundary Scan pins.

Bettina Becker, marketing and international sales manager for GÖPEL, said: “The direct control of the ICT pin electronics by the Boundary Scan environment has the advantage of each probe acting as additional virtual scan pin in a Boundary Scan test. The user is now able to achieve a significant increase in test coverage for digital as well as mixed signal ICs, whereby Boundary Scan procedures already utilized in the lab can be completely reused without modifications.”

The integration is based on PCI controller models SFX/PCI1149-x with programmable TCK frequencies up to 20 MHz (A type) and 50 MHz (B type), respectively. The connection to the UUT is realized using a transceiver model SFX-TAP4/C, which provides four parallel TAP and up to eight programmable interface parameters for adaptation to the UUT. The UUT is connected by means of the standard FPT interface. The reliable TAP-Transceiver with CION-Interface enables direct control of UUTs up to 1.5 m. No additional electronics are required. 32 dynamic I/O pins are available on the hardware.

All Cascon software editions can run on the FPT.

GÖPEL electronic, goepel.com

Scorpion Technologies AG, scorpion-tech.com