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> Since when? The moment people switched from socket based chips, and BGA over 1 square inch in size. Let me fix that for you: "The electronics [3rd world cou
by Joel_Mckay 7mo ago
> Since when?
The moment people switched from socket based chips, and BGA over 1 square inch in size.
Let me fix that for you: "The electronics [3rd world counterfeiting] industry was/is huge."
You should already know the unmentioned reasons by now.
I am a sentient turnip... thus, my obligation to respond ends with the safety warning. =3
- HeyLaughingBoy 7mo agoGood point that I hadn't thought of. I figured that the reason I hadn't seen any pulls in recent memory was because I didn't work in the segment of industry that was so cost-sensitive any more. While we only used DIPs at that time, most of the pulls that I remember weren't removed from sockets: they had clearly been desoldered.
- Joel_Mckay 7mo agoSurplus driven hobby projects are very different from commercial/industrial products. There are also valid reasons aerospace companies often change chip pin plating. https://nepp.nasa.gov/WHISKER/background/index.htm https://nepp.nasa.gov/WHISKER/background/index.htm Workmanship is important to some folks... =3
- HeyLaughingBoy 7mo agoOh, this wasn't for hobby projects; I just worked for a cheapskate :-)