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"Tin whiskers" is the term to google. Makes for an especially visceral image search. There are many mitigation strategies, but lead was a miracle cure, and it
by jjoonathan 9y ago
"Tin whiskers" is the term to google. Makes for an especially visceral image search.
There are many mitigation strategies, but lead was a miracle cure, and it will take substantial time and effort to approach its efficacy, especially on the multi-decade timescale. My guess is that companies won't bother. Reliability beyond planned lifetime impacts their bottom line negatively, if at all.
- pault 9y agoApparently there is a brewery named Tin Whiskers. I would like to meet the founder, I bet we would get along. :)
- Stratoscope 9y agoNow I wish I lived near St. Paul! Not only is it named Tin Whiskers Brewing Company, but their beers have electric references in their names and schematic symbols for logos: https://twbrewing.com/beers https://twbrewing.com/beers I think my favorite names are Barrel Shifter Porter (an oak-aged porter) and Wheatstone Bridge (a wheat beer, of course). It's worth a visit to that page for anyone interested in clever product names and visuals. More background on their "Who are we?" page: https://twbrewing.com/who-are-we https://twbrewing.com/who-are-we They even use circuit boards for tasting flight holders.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9y agoLink for the lazy: https://nepp.nasa.gov/WHISKER/background/index.htm https://nepp.nasa.gov/WHISKER/background/index.htm Eugh. Yeah, connections randomly bridging to their neighbors is a nightmare.