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Simple SMD LED tester
Peter over at Electronics-Lab posted an article describing how he designed and built his simple SMD LED tester: This project is a simple LED tester and LED polarity checker. It can be used to check...
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Experience with the TM240A pick and place
Chuck of LinearLogiX writes: We bought the TM240A and found it works pretty good for our needs. A couple items I found was that using the SMD type tant caps on a reel, I had to actually Grind the side...
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SMD soldering station for Weller soldering tips
Martin Kumm writes: This page provides documents about a cheap SMD solder station built as an Arduino shield (Arduino UNO). It supports active soldering tips from Weller (RT series) which contain the...
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LCD clock version 2 – part I
Kevin Rye posted an update on his LCD clock project: Now that I’ve spent some time working with SMD Atmegas, I decided to redo the PCB to make it all SMD. By moving the Atmega to the SMD version, I...
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Powerful Arduino Proto Board
ariefadha shared his ZuC Proto Board (Z-micro Controller Proto Board) project in the forum: 3 month ago i develop proto board / perf board that can fit SMD and also PTH. this proto board also have 2...
View ArticleApp note: Surface Mount Rework Considerations
Old app note from Weller on Surface mount rework. Link here(PDF!). We know you can relate to the challenges presented by newer and more complex surface mount component packages. As systems continue to...
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SMD edge connectors
Facelesstech has written an article describing a technique he used for connecting two boards together. More details at Facelesstech’s blog. Check out the video after the break.
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Halogen floodlight SMT reflow
David Sanz Kirbis built his own reflow device with an halogen floodlight, that is available on Github: First test was to check the speed of the temperature rise inside a standard halogen floodlight....
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DIY Moteino guide
Felix writes, “I posted a short illustrated guide for making your own Moteino from SMD components. It also includes details how to burn the bootloader and fuses. Check it out here. Thanks and credit...
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Using 0603 surface mount components for prototyping
Kenneth Finnegan shared a tip on using 0603 SMDs on the .1″ perf board: As a quick little tip, when I’m prototyping circuits on 0.1″ perf board, I like using 0603 surface mount components for all of...
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