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Werner Engelmaier <[log in to unmask]>
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 Hi Marcus,
You should see two of my granddaughters, one was on the NC traveling baseball (yes, not softball) team and the other is a goalie/forward. 
Girls play rough too, and thank God for that.
Werner

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Marcus L. Thompson <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Wed, Feb 3, 2010 12:22 am
Subject: Re: [LF] Perfect opportunity for tin whiskers induced failures - Toyota did not install brake override systems despite complaints


Thanks again for your valuable input, Dean. 
 
Yep, it's easy to get wrapped up tight in matters such as this: Just ask folks around me at this end.  In any event, life isn't safe; and boys play rough sometimes. 
 
And I truly thank God for that ;o) 
 
Prosit! 
 
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Subject: Re:[LF] Perfect opportunity for tin whiskers induced failures - Toyota did not install brake override systems despite complaints 
From: Dean Stadem <[log in to unmask]> 
To: '(Leadfree Electronics Assembly Forum)' <[log in to unmask]>, 'Marcus L. Thompson' <[log in to unmask]>, 'James, Chris' <[log in to unmask]> 
Date: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 7:39:37 PM 
 
> It is a great community. The Technet and Leadfree forums are some of the 
> most amazing collections of minds that we will ever see, much more so 
> than any of us fully appreciates sometimes. The ability to throw stuff 
> out there with little inhibition is what makes the ideas, thoughts, and 
> opinions flow. 
> > I realized last week that sometimes I get a little opinionated (OK, a 
> lot) on the RoHS and lead-in-solder subjects, and without realizing it I 
> was overly critical. I certainly do not want that to happen; I value the 
> differing opinions, especially those of people like Chris James. Chris, 
> I owe you an apology. You had some really good points. I just don't 
> agree with how these things came about, and I cannot accept that they 
> are here to stay. But your thoughts and opinions certainly did make me 
> re-evaluate and re-focus on the subject, and I wanted you to know that. 
> > R. Dean Stadem 
> Consulting Engineer 
> Analog Technologies Corp./Lumagine, Inc. 
> 11441 Rupp Drive 
> Burnsville, MN 55431 
> (952)894-9228 
> [log in to unmask] 
> > > -----Original Message----- 
> From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Marcus L. Thompson 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:04 PM 
> To: [log in to unmask] 
> Subject: Re: [LF] Perfect opportunity for tin whiskers induced failures 
> - Toyota did not install brake override systems despite complaints 
> > "With tin whiskers, absence of evidence is seldom evidence of absence, > the remaining whiskers are usually evident." 
> > Fair enough.  And, indeed, there is potentially more evidence of this > type of failure in spaceborne equipment where substantial arcing can 
> occur. 
> > (I think Bob did a good job of encapsulating the rest in his latest 
> post.) 
> > What a great community -- 
> > > > --- Previous Message in This Thread --- 
> Subject: Re:[LF] Perfect opportunity for tin whiskers induced failures - 
> > Toyota did not install brake override systems despite complaints 
> From: Stadem, Richard D. <[log in to unmask]> 
> To: [log in to unmask] 
> Date: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 12:18:05 PM 
> >> That is not completely true. >> While the solitary whisker or whiskers on an electronic device that 
>> caused the short leading to overvoltage or non-conforming signal 
>> conditions may burn itself away in our atmosphere, several more 
> shorter 
>> non-conducting whiskers are usually left behind. With tin whiskers, 
>> absence of evidence is seldom evidence of absence, the remaining 
>> whiskers are usually evident. 
>> In space, a tin whisker acts the same as a filament in a light bulb, 
> due 
>> to the vacuum (lack of oxygen). In that situation a short is usually 
>> permanently fused between the adjacent non-common conductors, and 
> while 
>> it may break off during re-entry, enough evidence usually, but not 
>> always, is left behind to make a determination as to what happened. >> 
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Marcus L. 
> Thompson 
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 2:07 PM 
>> To: [log in to unmask] 
>> Subject: Re: [LF] Perfect opportunity for tin whiskers induced 
> failures 
>> - Toyota did not install brake override systems despite complaints 
>> 
>> "...tin whiskers are a convenient thing liabilitywise for 
> manufacturers >> in any violent catastrophe involving same: They can simply break off 
> and 
>> fall away from the scene of the crime, all without a trace." 
>> 
>> Is this at all true? 
>> 
>> If so, who's to say what actually happened?  Could human nature 
> possibly 
>> factor in to the statements and proclamations of a large industrial >> organization when confronted with an accusatory public eye? 
>> 
>> Tin whiskers are yet another failure vector for these systems; one 
> which 
>> is increasingly likely to meaningfully assert itself in devices >> manufactured using lead-free technologies with the passage of time. 
>> 
>> So, perhaps one could say it's all a matter of time... 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --- Previous Message in This Thread --- 
>> Subject: Re:[LF] Perfect opportunity for tin whiskers induced failures 
> - 
>> Toyota did not install brake override systems despite complaints 
>> From: John Burke <[log in to unmask]> 
>> To: [log in to unmask] 
>> Date: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:57:21 AM 
>> 
>>> They also stated publicly a few months ago that the problem was floor 
>>> mats......8-) >>> 
>>> 
>>> John Burke 
>>> (408) 515 4992 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message----- 
>>> From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of TIMOTHY MCGRADY 
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 7:42 AM 
>>> To: [log in to unmask] 
>>> Subject: Re: [LF] Perfect opportunity for tin whiskers induced 
>> failures - 
>>> Toyota did not install brake override systems despite complaints 
>>> 
>>> Toyota stated publicly today that the cause was not electronic in 
>> nature. 
>>> -----Original Message----- 
>>> From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pete Houwen 
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 9:24 AM 
>>> To: [log in to unmask] 
>>> Subject: Re: [LF] Perfect opportunity for tin whiskers induced 
>> failures - 
>>> Toyota did not install brake override systems despite complaints 
>>> 
>>> the electronic controlled throttle also makes traction control far 
>> easier to 
>>> implement.  Since loss of traction is far more common than stuck 
>> throttles, 
>>> they saved money and increased safety. 
>>> 
>>> Of course, including a "brake wins" algorithm would have saved lives. 
>> And 
>>> amortized over millions of cars, software is almost free. 
>>> 
>>> I don't know if Toyota has nailed the problem with the friction 
>> solution. 
>>> But it 
>>> has been vetted by the NHTSA, and they seem to agree.  I don't doubt 
>> there 
>>> is also an electronic failure problem - electronics fail.  But what I 
>> do 
>>> know is there is no indication so far of a tin whisker problem.  It 
>> concerns 
>>> me that 
>>> 
>>> blaming any electronic failure on tin whiskers without any scientific 
>>> evidence is really no more valid than banning lead in solder with no 
>>> scientific evidence.  >>> There's enough data, crying wolf won't get RoHS repealed.  That's 
> more 
>>> likely to just make it harder to stop the next legislative mistake. 
>>> 
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