#surfacemount — Public Fediverse posts

Game Boy PCB Assembled With Low-Cost Tools https://hackaday.com/2025/04/22/game-boy-pcb-assembled-with-low-cost-tools/ #surfacemount #ToolHacks #hotplate #gameboy #pinecil #rp2350b #tools

DIY Soldering Tweezers, Extra Thrifty https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/diy-soldering-tweezers-extra-thrifty/ #solderingtweezers #solderingiron #surfacemount #ToolHacks #3dprinted #TS101 #diy

DIY Soldering Tweezers, Extra Thrifty - It started when [Mitxela] was faced with about a hundred incorrectly-placed 0603 p... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/diy-soldering-tweezers-extra-thrifty/ #solderingtweezers #solderingiron #surfacemount #toolhacks #3dprinted #ts101 #diy

New video! Trying out my new digital microscope and soldering up an RGBtoHDMI board for the Amiga. Doing some small scale SMD work for the first time in my life.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/jO1l9mi6xAg
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/1NmkmJ8u6xJMiUv4a58u3p

#Microscope #DigitalMicroscope #Review #RGBtoHDMI #Amiga #Tomlov #TM4KAFFlex #PCB #SMD #Soldering #SurfaceMount #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

Fail of the Week: The SMD Crystal Radio That Wasn’t - The crystal radio is a time-honored build that sadly doesn’t get much traction any... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/03/fail-of-the-week-the-smd-crystal-radio-that-wasnt/ #failoftheweek #crystalradio #surfacemount #detector #inductor #coil #smd

Got to solder some little SMD components today for @skyguided 's plasma toroid inverter PCB. I found all the parts onlline, and once I get a few more revisions done on my next round of PCB orders I will be getting the rest of the parts.

Excited to get this thing working- its neat getting a sense of how it works by assembling it and studying the schematics. So far, my favorite parts are the thermostat by the MOSFETS and the photo flash capacitor charge IC (seen with messy flux all over it under the microscope). Excited to blow and fill some oddball shapes and play around the ionized toroid fills.

With the right tools, SMT is fuuun! Sooooo tiny :)

@nycresistor

#nyc #brooklyn #soldering #surfacemount #inverter #wip #tools #toys #fun #maker #nycresistor

#Teardown2024 begins today in #Portland and Darcy has designed and kitted an exciting SMD soldering challenge! https://blog.oshpark.com/2024/06/21/challenge-your-soldering-skills-at-teardown-2024/#OSHPark #PDX #Soldering #SurfaceMount #PCBart

Soldering some SMD components #RetroComputing

https://makertube.net/w/q9yTwVwp3eC6jkCGgLMTBD

This Pogo Pin Test Fixture Keep Your SMDs from Taking Flight - There’s no denying how useful surface mount technology is, and how enabling the ab... - https://hackaday.com/2023/12/05/this-pogo-pin-test-fixture-keep-your-smds-from-taking-flight/ #surfacemount #testficture #toolhacks #pogopins #test #lcr #smd #smt

My latest attempt at hand-soldering surface-mount components, "for real" this time, to modify an Elecraft KBPF3 board into a KBPF3A board by removing L1 and L2, and piggy-backing 0.1uF capacitors atop C3, C4, and C6.

I think I did rather a nice job, thanks to lots of practice on a practice board, reducing my caffeine intake, having good tools, and just being very careful and patient. 0603 components are tiny, but do-able.

Dime for scale.

#HamRadio #Elecraft #soldering #surfaceMount #SMD

A Mobile Phone from 1985 - It might seem quaint through the lends of history we have the luxury of looking th... - https://hackaday.com/2023/05/25/a-mobile-phone-from-1985/ #surfacemount #technophone #phonehacks #cellphone #cellular #teardown #mobile #phone #retro #cell #80s #pcb

One of my bank holiday weekend activities… #Maker #SurfaceMount #Soldering

I completed the SMD challenge! It was easy up to the 0603 components, but I had to use my binocular microscope after that. I lost the first 0201 LED when trying to flip it over, but thankfully held on to the second one. The 0201 LED was not marked for polarity, so I had to take a best guess looking at the part under the microscope.

#Soldering #SurfaceMount #Challenge #Microcontroller #LED #BlinkenLights

On tomorrow's #soldersesh at 4pm Pacific we'll be doing some ACTUAL SOLDERING CONTENT and evaluating some flux and solder wick we just got in! We're always looking for favorites, and will be testing them out while soldering up a Foxy Pride badge, with the microscope camera set up. Join us, people new to SMT soldering welcome! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxlfuctHkEU

#smtsoldering #soldering #surfacemount

Surface-Mount Light Breathes Life into Your Project - If you’ve ever seen those gadgets with the “breathing light” LEDs on them and wond... - https://hackaday.com/2022/11/11/surface-mount-light-breathes-life-into-your-project/ #breathinglight #surfacemount #hardware #ledhacks #op-amp #lm358 #led

Pixel Pump Pick & Place Positions Parts Precisely - You’ve finally decided to take the plunge and build a board with surface-mount par... - https://hackaday.com/2021/10/01/pixel-pump-pick-place-positions-parts-precisely/ #assemblytools #pickandplace #surfacemount #benchtools #toolhacks #tools #smd

BGA Soldering and Inspection - If you want to build cool things these days, you’ve probably had to master surface mount electroni... - https://hackaday.com/2021/02/28/bga-soldering-and-inspection/ #ballgridarray #surfacemount #toolhacks #soldering #bga #smd

Manual Pick and Place Turntable Makes Board Assembly Easier - Surface mount devices were once upon a time considered a huge imposition for the electronics hobby... - https://hackaday.com/2021/02/03/manual-pick-and-place-turntable-makes-board-assembly-easier/ #pickandplace #surfacemount #toolhacks #smd

DIY Dispenser Places Solder Paste Without The Mess - When doing surface-mount assembly you can certainly use a soldering iron in the traditional way, b... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/02/16/diy-dispenser-places-solder-paste-without-the-mess/ #solderpastedispenser #surfacemount #solderpaste #toolhacks #solder

3D-Printed Magazines Tame the SMD Tape Beast - Chances are pretty good that you’ve got a box or a bin somewhere in your shop with coils of SMD co... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/11/07/3d-printed-magazines-tame-the-smd-tape-beast/ #pickandplace #surfacemount #toolhacks #shoptips #storage #smd

Ask Hackaday: At What Point Is Hand Pick And Place Too Much Work? - Just a section from a render of the board in question. It’s a daunting task for anyone facing it wit... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/09/08/ask-hackaday-at-what-point-is-hand-pick-and-place-too-much-work/ #handassembly #pickandplace #surfacemount #askhackaday #hardware

Control The Suck With This Manual Vacuum Pick-And-Place Tool - The tapes that surface-mount devices come in may be optimized for automated pick and place, but wo... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/08/14/control-the-suck-with-this-manual-vacuum-pick-and-place-tool/ #pick-and-plce #surfacemount #pic18f13k22 #toolhacks #tweezers #vacuum #pcb #pnp #smd #smt