Services

The EAS has the equipment and expertise needed for high reliability electronics assembly. It has been building space-qualified electronics for over 40 years, beginning with spaceflight hardware build for Dr. James Van Allen. The EAS also provides support to other project needs within the Physics Department including assembly of electronics for CERN as well as sounding rocket instrumentation. The EAS is a key card secured room with a custom designed climate control environment providing electrostatic and contamination control.

Printed Circuit Boards

We make printed circuit boards for spaceflight instrumentation.

Printed Circuit Board in Electronics Assembly Shop
Solder Paste Stenciling
Solder stenciling
Digital Inspection Microscope
PCB inspection microscope
Pick and Place
PCB Pick and Place
Inspection Display
PCB digital inspection display
Reflow Soldering
Vapor Phase Soldering machine
Rework
PCB Rework station
PCB Cleaning
PCB cleaning
A wiring harness in the Electronics Assembly Shop

Electrical Harness Construction

Construction of complex electrical harnesses using crimp tools supporting several connector types.

Close-up of hand soldering

Detailed hand soldering

Detailed hand soldering of standard through-hole components and very fine pitch leaded components with lead pitch down to 0.010" and passive components down to 0603 case size. 

Equipment

Pick and Place Machine (Fritch SM902)
Pick and Place machine
Programmable Bake-out Oven (Yamato DKN-402C)
Programmable Bakeout Oven
Solder Rework Station
Solder rework station
Inspection Station
EAS inspection station
Humidity Control Dry Box and Vapor Phase Reflow Soldering Oven (IBL SLC 509)

 

drybox and reflow oven

Certifications

Projects

IPC/NASA inspected and certified for the construction of spaceflight hardware
NASA certified in inspection and cable and wire harness assembly
IPC/NASA certified soldering instructor
IPC/NASA certified in inspection and cable and wire harness assembly

High-reliability spaceflight projects for JPL and NASA, such as:

  • TRACERS/MAGIC
  • TRICE-2
  • Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) / Jupiter ICy moons Explorer, Europa Mission, European Space Agency.

Contact Us for Work Requests

Contact:
Email contact: EAS-physastro@uiowa.edu; Calendar reservations: EAS-physastro@uiowa.edu
UI users submit job tickets to phys-assembly@divms.uiowa.edu

Location: 509 VAN

Rates: $80/hour for University of Iowa clients; $120 for external clients. Flat rates can be negotiated on a per-project basis.