Life’s no fun without challenges. While detecting counterfeits we face obstacles every day. Try to get to the die of a part the size of…
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Great news!!! Reported counterfeit electronic components were down for 2017. One might think that with the ramp up of the shortage even more counterfeits would be discovered, but exactly the…
The Chinese government has organized a very complex plan to infiltrate the U.S. government and company data through a tiny microchip installed on thousands of high-security server motherboards. Months of…
The US postal service does not require any content documentation from international shippers making it very difficult for Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) to flag and inspect counterfeit or dangerous…
Although any product can be a challenge to authenticate, passive electronic components, if faked fairly well, can be nearly impossible. This is true even for the most competent electronics distributor…
One of the questions being asked about April’s jet engine explosion is whether the fan blades were substandard parts. It is very unlikely, but there are many other parts of the…
Rogelio Vasquez of PRB Logics Corp. in Orange County California was arrested May 1st for selling counterfeit electronic components, some of which were likely to be used in military applications. …
“Popcorning” is the term used when an IC cracks during the reflow process due to the expansion of trapped moisture. This can lead to immediate board failure or latent defects,…
This is one of the most creative counterfeits our QC engineers have discovered. The counterfeiters used an EPROM device, which has a UV erase window, and blacktopped over the window…
What To Do When You Receive A Counterfeit Part With increased complexity in the authorized and independent supply chain, it is highly likely you will run across counterfeit electronic components…
