I think that is the best approach. 

Tinning the leads only adds tin/lead to the gold. Don't you then have to
remove most of the tin/lead/gold mixture, and repeat?

Better to not get gold on them in the first place.

Blair

-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Gregory
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:11 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [TN] SMT connectors

Rather than have to go through all that, I'm going to try and get the
connectors from Samtec with tin/lead on the leads and hope I don't have
the same problems as Scott Lefebvre when he went through this drill... 

You see we are to build a series of three assemblies that use these
connectors. We're supposed to build 175 sets of these assemblies per
month. There are five connectors used between the three assemblies; two
160-pin connectors, two 80-pin connectors, and one 40-pin connector. So
that's 875 connectors a month! 

I'd rather start with a connector that I can solder to a board without
doing anything to it rather than have to jump through all those hoops.
No need to put labor into something when you don't have to, right?

-Steve-

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