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Millstoning in Electronics?
TimFox:
In the King James translation, Matthew 18:6
"But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea."
An example of English usage for millstones.
Bud:
--- Quote from: pcprogrammer on February 18, 2023, 03:56:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 18, 2023, 03:19:15 pm ---When I read the title, my presumption was that it would be about defects when soldering SMD components.
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I was wondering too what it was about. Read just a couple of lines and thought "Ah well it is yet another one of those"
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It is called Tombstone effect, when SMT components lifted off on one side and stands vertically on the other pad like a tombstone on a grave.
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: pcprogrammer on February 18, 2023, 03:56:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 18, 2023, 03:19:15 pm ---BTW, pcprogrammer has spotted the meaning of "millstoning", even though it is used in an odd way. Maybe people around him have frequently used that terminology.
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Nope. It is just due to the dutch expression that I made the link.
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But it is a standard English idiom too, as TimFox noted. I wouldn't have spotted the Biblical reference, but it probably explains the common usage.
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--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 18, 2023, 03:19:15 pm ---When I read the title, my presumption was that it would be about defects when soldering SMD components.
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I was wondering too what it was about. Read just a couple of lines and thought "Ah well it is yet another one of those"
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I saw faringdon, presumed "another one", saw the title, hoped maybe not...
And as Bud noted, tombstoning is the "correct" idiom for PCBs.
PlainName:
--- Quote ---And as Bud noted, tombstoning is the "correct" idiom for PCBs.
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But it could have been a new 'thing'. Perhaps accidentally soldered to an adjacent part, hence millstoning that.
Seems unlikely he would know of an industry term than no-one else does, though.
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: PlainName on February 18, 2023, 04:46:44 pm ---
--- Quote ---And as Bud noted, tombstoning is the "correct" idiom for PCBs.
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But it could have been a new 'thing'. Perhaps accidentally soldered to an adjacent part, hence millstoning that.
Seems unlikely he would know of an industry term than no-one else does, though.
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Far too many technical neologisms are for invalid reasons, e.g.
* ignorance of the subject, leading to triumphant reinvention of an old concept with a new name. Especially w.r.t. software
* marketing wank, which tries to make something known to be (sub)standard seem new and wonderful
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