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Abbreviations and some comments for those who are not quite familiar with electronics: BGA - Ball Grid Array[0], a way to mount integrated circuits (IC) to a p
by _Microft 5y ago
Abbreviations and some comments for those who are not quite familiar with electronics:
BGA - Ball Grid Array[0], a way to mount integrated circuits (IC) to a printed circuit board (PCB)[1].
TSSOP - Thin-shrink small outline package[2], a form factor of ICs
8L design - this means the PCB has eight layers, with some being ground planes (that usually are just complete layers of copper and thereby also spread heat which complicates heating up a component for (de)soldering).
SMD - surface-mount device[3], the small form factor for electronics parts that go directly onto a PCB, instead of e.g. bulky resistors with wires coming out of them that are then threaded through holes before being soldered on.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_grid_array https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_grid_array
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printed_circuit_board https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printed_circuit_board
[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_outline_integrated_circuit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_outline_integrated_cir...
[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-mount_technology https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-mount_technology
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