Hello all,

After doing a surface review of the below listed web site and its contents,
I am very pleased to see some documentation that (1) is coming from a
component manufacturer as well as (2) an indication that significant work
has been accomplished having started some time ago.

I am not sure how the rest of you feel, but more information along this line
could be really helpful for those of us who do not live in the fast lane of
the industry, nor have a budget to perform tests. I feel like a sponge right
now and personally I have to say this feels good.

As a side note, if you have taken up on the offer of the NPL to obtain a
copy of report that was mentioned a couple of weeks ago, it points out how
those of us 'techies' are tuned in, however upper management is not as tuned
in. And when you inform them and mention the timeline, it seems to them to
be something to worry about 'later'. Gosh your talking about 3 years down
the road! Yea, that's right! The deadline is 3 years down the road. Now is
the time to impress the significance of what this Lead-Free really means to
the industry.

Drop in?

Again, thanks to IPC for this forum (although sometimes I pull out the ole
soapbox) and more importantly thanks to the participants who share useful
information freely. And, Thanks to TI for the offer on the components, I
only wish I had the where-with-all to participate!

Richard Hamilton
Clemar Mfg. / Rain Bird
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Romm [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 6:42 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [LF] No-lead surface finish for components
>
> Jean-Pacal,
>
> TI can supply both through-hole and surface mount components with a
> Pb-free
> finish to anyone performing evaluations.  Texas Instruments is nearly 100%
> converted in our Logic and Linear product groups to Ni/Pd finish which is
> Pb-free.  We've been shipping totally Pb-free components since 1989 and a
> rough estimate is at least 30 billion Ni/Pd finished ICs in the field.
> This
> is not meant to be a plug as this site is not intended for
> commercialization
> or marketing, but we would like you to know that we can supply dummy
> components or daisy-chain units, whichever you prefer.  You can contact me
> directly with details of your request.  We would be very interested in the
> results of any work that you do.
>
> Also, if you are interested in background information on our Pb-free
> finish
> you can access our web page at:
>
> http://www.ti.com/sc/docs/products/logic/package/palladm/index.htm
>
>
> In the near future we will have a simple route available on our web page
> for
> anyone requesting evaluation samples.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Doug Romm
> [log in to unmask]
>

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