Category: Engineering
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Using a Stencil for DIY PCB Assembly with a Homemade Reflow Oven
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In my last post, I talked about manually assembling a small-scale PCB project at home with my reflow oven. I’m happy to report that a lot of the boards are…
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Assemble PCB Yourself with Homemade Reflow Oven
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With the tariffs on the horizon, I have been worrying that the trade war is going to rip me off for my new PCB projects, which heavily relies on outsource…
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Soldering a high-density LED array using DIY reflow oven
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Checkout the video below to watch my manual soldering process. A recent project requires soldering 600+ tiny LEDs on long narrow circuit boards. The LED, Philips Rebel Z ES, is…
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How to rework high density package ICs with DIY reflow oven
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I am working on a DIY PCB project that requires mounting three PICOR PI3301 Power regulators. Unfortunately, the PI3301 comes with a high density 123-pin LGA footprint in a 10mm…
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Reflow oven soldering without stencils
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First of all, let’s take a look at the video clip below (link) to find out how it is possible to reflow solder components without stencils. I talked about DIY your…
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Convert a toaster oven into a PCB reflow oven (video)
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My reflow oven in action! Added on Aug 14th, 2020. Check out the NEW version of my home reflow oven. A much easier conversion method! Although I can skillfully solder…
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How to solder QFN SMT package chip by hand (video)
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QFN pitch could be as small as 0.5mm. To make the things worse, there are no leads coming out of the package. The only externally accessible contacts are on the…