CTEA Technical Symposium

Please join us for a Central Texas Electronics Association (CTEA) meeting on Monday, April 7, hosted by National Instruments in North Central Austin featuring four excellent industry speakers. Here are the details:

Time: 3 to 6PM on Monday, April 7. Please arrive between 2:30 and 3:00PM to
check in.

Where: National Instruments located at 11500 N. MOPAC Expressway

Room: Café 1 Conference Room

Cost: $10 for non-members and free for CTEA (SMTA or IMAPS) members. Cash or
check at the door.

Food: Pizza, soft drinks and snacks

RSVP: Please email Bob Baker at rjbakeratx@austin.rr.com so that we can get a
headcount for the pizza

Meeting Agenda:

2:30 - 3:00 PM - Registration

3:00 - 3:05 PM - Welcome and CTEA Announcements, Leo Higgins, CTEA 2008
President

3:05 - 3:35 PM - "The Future of Electronics Manufacturing", Jim Raby, STI Electronics

3:35 - 4:05 PM - "Strain Gauge Testing and Analysis for BGA Devices", Swapnil
Padhye and Adam Gage, National Instruments

4:05 - 4:20 PM - Break

4:20 - 4:50 PM - "Pb-free BGA Component Reliability: A Comparison of SAC405
Versus Sn-3.5Ag Solder Ball Alloys", Daniel Cavasin, AMD

4:50 - 5:20 PM - "Reflow Processes and PCB Design for Lead-Free and 0201
Discretes", Curtis Hart, Silicon Hills Design

5:20 - 6:00 PM - Pizza

National Instruments Corporation, 11500 N MoPac Expwy Austin, TX 78759-3504(512) 794-0100

National Instruments is located at 11500 North MoPac Expressway.

Take Hwy 183 (North) to Loop One (aka MoPac). Take Loop One North to the Duval Road exit. Exit the highway and proceed to the turnaround (u-turn), which puts you on the Southbound access road. Do not get on the highway. You will see the National Instruments driveway on the right, just after an apartment complex.

The meeting will be held in Building C - the first and tallest building on campus. Follow the signs to Building C and park in the visitor parking lot or parking deck. Cross the street and enter the lobby. Security will be notified of the visitors and fill in name tags will be available. Sign the visitor log and wait for an escort. The meeting room is "Cafe 1".