Re: repairing broken traces on a PCB

"Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:35:36 +0100, the renowned "Frank Bemelman"
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"samIam" <him@xxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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I have broken traces on a PCB I recently etched. Just a handful ...

I am wondering how some of you repair them. Trying to tap into your
body
of experience with this.

More interesting is to hear about experiences in finding hairline
cracks in tracks.

I rather enjoy paying for 100% electrical inspection. Let the machines
find the problems.

Well, I have a board here worth $100 perhaps, that certainly passed
all tests, but fails now. When I bend it, it works. I should add, that
after bending it ~15 times it stayed in failure mode. I found one
decoupling cap standing in the air, some flux rubbish (?) between a few
legs of a TQFP, but nothing that causes the failure. Ditched it
already.

I wonder what the dropout percentage is for tested boards, and if
it is worth paying for. Difficult to anwer of course, I simply have
excellent experience with untested boards, even with 7mil tracks/distance.
Seems that more goes wrong with the assembly of parts, imo
..
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Thanks, Frank.
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