Hi Steve, http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/max2/max2_mii51006.pdf "N" suffix is Lead Free. Kerry McMullen Principal New Product Mfg. Engineer LTX Corporation 825 University Avenue Norwood, MA 02062-2643 (T) 781-467-5468 (C) 508-631-1832 (F) 781-461-0993 Steve Gregory <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> 11/07/2006 09:19 AM Please respond to TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]>; Please respond to Steve Gregory <[log in to unmask]> To [log in to unmask] cc Subject [TN] Altera BGA, lead-free or not? Mornin' Everyone! I've got a picture of the top of an Altera BGA to see if anybody knows if this is a lead-free BGA or not: http://stevezeva.homestead.com/files/Altera_BGA.jpg We're thinking that maybe the "N" on the second line of numbers on the part below the part number might be designating it as lead-free, but we're not sure. Good luck trying to call Altera and talk to a human being to find out for sure, because it ain't happening! -Steve Gregory- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------