<t> Question: "Is there a recommended usage rate for stencils? Is there a way to determine when it's time to replace a squeegee or a stencil?"<br/> K. B. Answer from Sunstone Circuits: For the stainless steel type of stencils commonly used for solder paste application, they will typically outlive th...

Question: "We recently needed to repair a defective PCBA that required removal of an SOIC. See the attached photo. We were able to simply lift the SOIC off the PCBA using tweezers with very light force, and NO HEAT. The pads on the PCB are bare copper. This PCBA was originally manufactured using SnP...

Question: "We have an operational circuit board that was accidentally exposed to rain water for a few hours. The circuit board was subsequently dried, and has now been operational for 14 months. Is there a greater likelihood of failure at this stage compared to other circuit boards?" H. M. Answer fr...

<t>Question: We are experiencing poor wetting on one OSP coated PCB using a lead-free no-clean paste? We see this problem on just one board part number. All other similar boards reflow fine. Where should we look to solve this problem?<br/> J. G. Answer from Sunstone Circuits: Some of the common sold...

Our new whitepaper focuses on the advantages of stencils for prototype and pre-production PCB assembly to make your in-house process faster, easier, and more accurate.http://www.sunstone.com/news-resources/pcb-whitepapers

Sunstone Circuits has just launched our new Live Chat feature on our website. Customers will now be able to open a chat window and have their questions answered quickly and efficiently, by a Sunstone representative. The new service provides one-on-one, real-time interaction with customers every day ...

<r>Sunstone Circuit has been featured in a unique article entitled PCB Design, Bringing It All Together by Joe Gorse, EE editor at Design World. Joe was a participant at our Circuit Design ECOsystem Press Roundtable at ESC Boston in September. Enjoy! <URL url="http://www.testandmeasurementtips.com/n...

PCB Manufacturing efficiencies can have a number of direct impacts on a design teams effectiveness. When the design team uses a PCB prototype manufacturing partner that places a deep-rooted cultural value on working together with customers to ensure accurate, efficient, speedy fulfillment of orders...

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Sunstone Circuits Celebrates 40 Years of Serving Design Engineers For 40 years, Sunstone Circuits has been committed to meeting the needs of our customers by providing the best and most efficient PCB design experience from quote to delivery, said Sunstones CEO, Terry Heilman. Last year was another r...