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Old 06-02-2008, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by bojan View Post
There is another possible problem with this particular chip...
If they used glass reinforced epoxy board for the PCB, then it has a potential to damage the gold-plated contact pins of the camera by abrasion.
While inspecting the PCB under the microscope, I have seen some evidence of metal traces left by pins when sliding over the slopes of the board... I was not very impressed by this.
never really thought about that, well if it does work it will never come off - be on the scope quite a lot so therefore the wearing would be reduced by heaps.
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