who@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoRaspberry Pi cuts product returns by 50% by changing up its pin solderingarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoI used to work on an SMT line, and pin in paste was the bane of my fucking existence. The parts (mainly connectors) were rarely within tolerance, and a leg or two would consistently miss their holes, if not outright rejected by the inserter.
minus-squareYggstyle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoSo if I’m reading that right - higher failure rate on the line but those that passed I’d imagine have a higher rate of success?
I used to work on an SMT line, and pin in paste was the bane of my fucking existence. The parts (mainly connectors) were rarely within tolerance, and a leg or two would consistently miss their holes, if not outright rejected by the inserter.
So if I’m reading that right - higher failure rate on the line but those that passed I’d imagine have a higher rate of success?