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@galena I'm talking sealed devices. You buy a ventilator and it suddenly kills the patient because no one knows how to reliably prevent tin whiskers formation
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RoHS has entered the chat...
Lead free solder is junk. The wetting temp is so tight and high that it's hard to do without automation.
Now eutectic leaded solder, that's where it's at! That starts wetting in a cold Canadian winter, and stops in the depths of hell. You can form a perfect joint by breathing on it -
@galena Thanks!
You've just reminded me about this killer bug:
https://hackaday.com/2015/10/...
Although that was a different kind of stupidity. -
@jestdotty where do I sign to help you become the spokesperson for all things ancap?
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@kiki I don't know what that means
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when your code is a mess but everything work out in the end
When you keep getting +1s on a rant you posted a month ago.
Go big or go home.
Tin whiskers grow on solder joints and make shorts. They’re real, and they kill a lot of electronics.
The only known cure is adding lead to the solder, but modern standards only allow lead-free solder prone to tin whiskers. Leaded solder is the reason that early computers are still operational today.
Petition to allow medical equipment manufacturers to use leaded solder! Life support shorting out and burning in the middle of the night will kill the patient.
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