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Bob Willis' Top Ten Reference Books

Here is a new list of "Bob Willis' Top Ten" reference books that has been updated for 2007 to take into account recent changes in technology. In the publishing industry there are many charts and awards for the best selling books, but with sales in the tens and hundreds-not thousands-it would be impossible to have a sales chart for technology handbooks. There are only two changes to the top ten this year, there were two others I wanted to add but Top Ten is not top 12!

This list does not indicate the number of sales of any one title, the age or up-to-date nature of the text, only my opinion on the "must have" engineering titles for your office bookshelf. Remember: Generally no new problems in manufacture exist; most have been seen before by someone. Good reading until next year and keep up to date with new titles

Handbook of Lead-Free Soldering Technology for Microelectronic Assemblies Edited by Karl Puttliz and Kathleen Stalter Published by Marcel Dekker

Flexible Circuit Joe Fjelstad - Electrochemical Publications

Area Array Interconnection Handbook Karl Puttlitz & Paul A Totta - -Kluwer Academic Publishers

Comprehensive Guide to Design, Manufacture of Printed Board Assemblies Bill MacLeod Ross - Electrochemical Publications

Quality Assessment of Printed Circuit Boards (Out of Print search on line its worth it) Preben Lund - Bishop Graphics Inc.

SMT for PC Board Design (2nd - 3rd Edition) James Hollomon - Prompt Publications

Printed Circuit Handbook (5th Edition) Clyde Coombs, Jr. - McGraw Hill

Electronic Failure Analysis Handbook Perry L. Martin Mc Graw Hill

Microelectronics Packaging Handbook (1st Edition) Tummala and Rymaszewski - Van Nostrand Reinhold

Soldering in Electronics (2nd Edition) Klein Wassink - Electrochemical Publications

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There is no actual book on HOW to program equipment. The books that Bob mentions all deal with the theory of SMT, and doesn't go into the nuts and bolts of how to program a machine.

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Omid, Your best bet would be to obtain and read the various machine manuals for the equipment that you have. HOWEVER, "programming" the reflow oven, (otherwise known as profiling), is product and solder paste specific and will most likely NOT be covered in a machine manual. I highly suggest attending a Profiling Seminar or a class on Thermal Reflow Profiling. These classes or seminars are commonly put on by Solder Paste, Reflow Oven, or Thermal Profiler Manufacturers. Good Luck!!

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