February 11, 2010 – 12:13 PM
I’ve been looking at doing some designs using the Eurotech Catalyst CPU module board featuring the Intel Atom processor. This component poses some design challenges for Zuken CADSTAR library manager, mainly because there are two connectors used by the module. There is a 220 pin high density interconnect connector, and a 14 pin 2mm square […]
February 11, 2010 – 11:13 AM
For several years F.O.M. Systems has been working with various lead free (RoHS compliant) soldering alloys for printed circuit board assembly. Our experiences with these materials has ranged from the “hardly any difference” to “virtually unusable”. Depending on the alloy used you may have a similar range of experiences. Besides the supposed environmental advantages of […]
February 11, 2010 – 9:51 AM
I’ve been working on a new project using the Intel Atom processor and 945GSE chipset. In the platform design guide that Intel published they have various recommendations for routing traces to the corners of BGA PCB footprints for the parts and I was curious as to why these were being recommended. It turns out […]