Purpose of pouch, digikey

MrAl

Joined Jun 17, 2014
11,342
Hi,

The pouch keeps the contents dry, while the card indicates when the humidity is within the recommended range for soldering. If outside that range, dont solder.

Some of these parts are also time sensitive, in that once exposed to free air (package is opened) they should be soldered within a given recommended time period (like 6 weeks) for optimum results.
 

bombledmonk

Joined Nov 17, 2006
3
The Moisture Sensitivity Level (MSL) procedures are generally for going through a reflow soldering process. For non-production hand-soldered items a person can normally ignore that precaution.
 
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