Don't forget that for the last 2 years, all consumer electronics gear in the EU has to be RoHS compliant which means lead free solder is used.
RoHS! Ugh, what a nightmare! The reasoning behind the initiative is completely admirable, but what a pain in the butt that was (still is?). Even though the networking gear I was designing at the time wasn't technically required to be RoHS compliant (central office application), all of the component manufacturer's were transitioning their entire product portfolio's none-the-less, which forced me to migrate as well...
From managing the migration of part numbers, to inventory purchasing and management, to the assembly headaches of mixed lead and lead-free PCB's.. Ugh.
RoHS was a serious factor in my deciding to make the jump from hardware design into more software oriented positions...
Dan
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