[tinwhiskers] Re: Not exactly tin whiskers, but I seek your support.

  • From: "John Burke" <John@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tinwhiskers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:08:15 -0800

I just posted this:
 
No unusual reliability issues.....$3+Billion on ONE project failure of
XBOX-360 failures...LOL no unusual reliability issues....now that is funny. 

John 

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[mailto:tinwhiskers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fritz, Dennis D.
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 12:18 PM
To: tinwhiskers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tinwhiskers] Not exactly tin whiskers, but I seek your support. 


Recently, on the Circuits Assembly blog, Dr Ron Lasky published a column,
bragging about the reliability of lead-free electronics - based on the
presentations at a session of SMTAI where he was the chairman.  All of these
papers were about commercial electronics, and are well done.  
 
Dr Ron goes on to infer that lead-free electronics should be accepted as
reliable, (in my interpretation) for all environments and situations.  Dr
Ron implies that scientists against lead-free are just wrong.  
 
I maintain that the information in this column in Circuits Assembly is very
misleading - regarding harsh environments.  I cite the three papers later at
SMTAI from the NASA/DoD participants who each state "lead based assembly
out-performed lead-free in these harsh tests".  
 
Here is the link to the Lasky column:
 
http://circuitsassembly.com/blog/?p=1332

 

Please read it, and add your comments if you wish.  Should you feel inclined
to drop a note to Circuits Assembly or to Mike Buetow, I am not going to
stop you.  

 

Thanks - Denny Fritz

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