On 19 Apr 2004, at 18:45, Robert Ussery wrote:

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> but I'm concerned that
> flexing of the board and other physical stresses may cause surface mount
> parts to separate from the board.

I have bought 2 digital cordless telephones from ebay from differnt sellers
(same model).
Neither  had audio - the fault was a 1uF SMT tantalum that had departed its
pads.
Component leads /used/ to be wrapped or clinched before soldering - i.e a
mechanically sound joint first. You still had poor joints eventually e.g. on hot
wirewound resistors.
For really bad locations (e.g. down a drill hole) some of our customers pot the
whole board in epoxy.


George Smith

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