Hi Pete,

It's so funny that you bring that subject up...

While I was at the Del Mar Electronics Show, a few people asked about lead
free, and one of the key questions was, "Where can I buy a roll of lead free
solder to do rework?" They guy had looked all over the place to find some
and said he was concerned about the closing deadline to be compliant with
the E.U. requirement to have his products lead free, but he could not find
the materials anywhere to build his products with.

I hear a lot of seminar announcements and discussion in magazines but no
flurry of products are forthcoming. Sounds like we may have some lag in
getting on board here in the U.S.

Also there is some concern that footprints for components might need to
change geometries due to the differences in the solders. But I have not seen
any new designs based on any real data. I think we are in denial about it
here in the US and it may in fact affect our ability to sell in the E.U.

It's a great topic... I will be listening in to other comments.

Bill Brooks
PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D., C.I.I.
Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510

-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Waddell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 8:19 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [pcdlist] Lead Free

During some of our in-house discussions here at PCD&M the topic of "lead
Free" keeps coming up. While it is easy to see the implications for
manufacturing and especially assembly, we have mixed opinions on the
impact lead free has on design. So I'm turning to you to beg a little
bit of your time to send us your two cents. How much of an impact do you
think lead free will have on design? Should we include more information
on lead free in PCD&M and the conferences?
I seem to remember that I have a couple of Porch Dawg T-shirts from PCB
West this year, next Friday we'll make a blind decision and send  out a
shirt to two of the names from the responses to this plea.
As always we appreciate you and what you do.
Cheers,
Pete

Pete Waddell
President
UP Media Group
678-589-8813
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