We've come a long way

[Garth Wilson]

Quote:the issue of lead-free solder that is a ticking-timebomb for all electronics. There's no way around this

It has to be lead-free for the European market, but not the American or that of many other countries. The PCB manufacturers and assembly houses we use offer lead-free but leaded is still rather standard. Because of the problems with lead-free and the long lives our products are expected to be in service (20 years or so), our company has basically said the European market is just not worth the trouble.