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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Desoldering Problems for a transistor

2004-02-25 by Ron Amundson

> Solder some thin beryllium copper strips onto the microstrip so that
> the springness holds down the flat leads of the device onto the track.
> There's little extra fringing effects then. If you're testing thousands,
> just make a simple pick and place gadget that picks the transistor out
> with a vacuum tube, holds it down against the pcb for the test, then
> places it back into the packaging.
>
Thats a great idea.I'm so used to using pogo's I had never thought of a DIY
spring right on the microstrip. This is very good.

Ron

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