Explore and Qualify for Lead-Free Assembly!

The Saber kit is an economical solution to explore and qualify a variety of available lead-free finishes. The boards consist of basic SMT technology and are now available with lead-free finishes as a complete kit with the lead-free dummy components needed to populate one side.

The Saber board is available in a variety of lead-free finishes including Immersion Silver, OSP and ENIG (Immersion Tin). The board material is FR4 (Tg+170-220�). The board contains land patterns for basic SMT components including chip resistors, PLCC�s, SOIC�s, TSOP�s, SOT�s, QFP�s and BGA�s.

Saber Kits are available in quantities of 24, 48 and 96. Gerber and x, y, theta data and digitized files provided by Aegis Software are included on request at no charge.

Sn/Pb kits are also available as a comparison to these lead-free kits if required. Lead-free finish data is also available on each component package and we are also able to supply factory reliability reports.

Practical Components has solutions to help prepare for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) act banning most electronic products containing lead in Europe with a deadline of 2006.