I guess I should have noted in my earlier post that we do these kind of
operations after the product is long gone from a production line.  I agree
with those who felt that an inspector or touch up operator might reject it
or even clear the deliberate short.  Assuming the boards are built and not
bare, you could use a deviation order to get them past inspection, but Genny
and Phil are right, a jumper of some type is probably a cleaner method on a
production line.

Have fun.

Bob Croslin
Nielsen Media Research


-----Original Message-----
From: Bev Christian [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 2:01 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [TN] Purposefully shorting two adjacent SOIC leads.


Technetters,
How do I do what is proposed in my title?  The options are using excess
solder or using a mod wire.  Are there other options for doing this mod?
What do people do?  What is allowed and not allowed by IPC standards (I
couldn't find anything, but then I may not be looking in the right place.)
I would expect option one would be a whole heck of a lot easier than option
2.  As long as option 1 doesn't produce bulbous joints with the solder all
the way up to the component body is there any real reason why I can't do
this?

regards,
Bev Christian
Research in Motion

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