Questions tagged [mechanical-assembly]
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What kind of tape is used to hold together electronics during shipping?
Not so fast! This isn't that kind of tape (Kapton).
By holding electronics together, I mean to hold mechanical parts together for shipping such as flaps and other parts that can flop such as printers and scanners.
It's a very thick material that…
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Colliding fasteners in electronics retrofit project
I have a mechanical problem with securing a Mini PCIe card into an adapter which then goes into a legacy product's connector.
Look carefully at the orange PCB in the picture below and you'll notice that the screw passes through a cranked out "wing"…
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I twisted a L200CV in Pentawatt package; what kind of damage can I expect?
I was installing a heatsink which didn't quite fit and after installing it, I noticed that I've twisted the L200CV about 5° when looking from above the chip. What kind of damage, if any, can I expect?
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Reliability of Adhesive Standoffs
I am considering using an adhesive standoff in an assembly, replacing my current setup of brass standoffs with screws. The current assembly is reliable, but the assembly time of adding the standoffs is something I'm looking to reduce.
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Assembly a custom mini-B USB connector
I've bought packages of this connector from Digikey. However, according to the manufacturer, the crimp tool for the USB cable onto these connectors are no longer sold. For the DIY hobbyists out there, I would like to read about your suggestions on…
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screws and nuts
I recently bought such screw:
and I would like to use that screw to mount some items on a PCB. Would it be possible to use any type of nut with such type of screws? If it is not the case, it is for sure I can use Hex screw and hex nut. Could you…
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