Re: BGA Rework/Prototype Placement Anyone?

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:44:37 -0400, James Morrison
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>Hello,
>
>Does anyone else find themselves in the position I often find myself in:
>It is a royal pain to get prototype quantities populated with BGA
>components. If an assembly house has BGA machinery they are typically
>too big to care about the little guy like me who doesn't need all that
>many boards assembled but is willing to pay for the service for a few
>boards.
>
>For the first few boards I often like to populate in blocks and do tests
>at each stage so if there is a problem it is much easier to isolate the
>problem. If you populate the whole board and then find a problem (if
>you can) fixing it often means removing components that you've already
>populated.
>
>It would also be very expensive to populate a small run using an
>SMT-line and then find out that the power supply is going to blow up
>parts (especially a worry if you have a boost power supply).
>
>Does anyone know of anywhere that will take a few boards and populate a
>few BGA's by hand? In Canada? In southern Onatrio?
>
>If there is nothing out there, is anyone interested in this type of
>service. I need this service so I was considering purchasing a rework
>station and then making the service available for a fee to pay for the
>station and to provide a service to the design world. Would anyone use
>this?
>
>Thanks for your input,
>
>James.
>

I have am currently using MIS Electronics. They have pulled few rabbits
out of a very tight hat for me in the past. Write to me for details if you
wish. Here is a link http://www.miselectronics.com/

Speak with Saeid Mohmedi

Regards,

Boris Mohar
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things)

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