For most of us, soldering electronics means soldering on “through hole components,” that are large and easy to handle. However, when machines build components, they use “surface mount ...

[doctek] wants to help ease any fear you may have of surface mount design. He has written this extremely in depth explanation of how to design and build an LED driver composed of surface mount part… ...

Modding today's hardware often means moving or removing tiny surface mount components, and using a standard soldering iron feels about as effective as using a hammer to kill a fly. If buying an ...

SMT Soldering no2 Advanced surface mount, vertical drag soldering at Washburn Computer Group by John Gammell, Certified IPC Trainer. Before you start soldering the SMD, make sure you’ve separated them ...

Who will show the best soldering skills at the Hackaday Superconference next week? We have a little — in fact, a very little — challenge for you: solder surface mount components down to a tiny ...

The TDD Series surface mount jumper DIP switches from C&K components are sealed with a removable top tape to enable them to be used in reflow soldering and washable assembly processes.

Also available are the basic soldering skills training courses in through-hole and surface mount techniques that align with IPC Classes 1 and 2.