SMT For Fun (Not Profit)
My first SMT!
(Click for more x0xb0x stuff…)
Well, this is the first photo I’ve posted from work on my x0xb0x (photo gallery retired).
In short, it’s coming along nicely, but I just simply don’t feel like writing a lot. Here’s some links for photos, if you’re interested in how it’s going:
· Main x0xb0x Gallery (photo gallery retired)
· 600dpi scans of the PCBs (photo gallery retired)
· The piles of parts for the x0xb0x. Well, all except the seven missing ones. Whoops! (They are on their way…) (photo gallery retired)
· The USB controller actually working!
· The completed (except for one resistor) I/O board.
Uhm… That’s all.
Oh, one thing to note… Except for testing the power supply and the USB stuff, this is all kinda untested. :\ I don’t have my new DMM yet, nor do I have a benchtop power supply. Nor all the parts. So, I can’t see how it’s working out yet…
Tomorrow (today?) I have to order the new LEDs, a few other parts, and find a power supply. In the mean time I might just assemble the rest of it… I think my soldering skills are decent, so hopefully I won’t screw it up too much.
Oh, and I also wish there was an easier way to remove flux. A toothbrush + isopropyl works well, but then there’s a thin residue of flux on the whole board. I may just have to wash the whole of the boards down with isopropyl again once it’s all done. Ah well, at least it’ll look nice.
nice.
Thanks. :) It was interesting… Easier than I thought, but interesting.
I should note that the iron was at 580ºF, and I did it by first putting a bit of solder on two corner pads, tacking it by those, then just carefully soldering the others.
Should the 3rd pin from the left on the top be disconnected? And for cube chips does the numbering start to the left of the imprinted dot or above? hmmm
It’s not disconnected, it just has a little bit more solder on it than the other pins, so it doesn’t reflect light the same.