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I like the way he's screen printing the soldering paste.
by key_stroker 4y ago
I like the way he's screen printing the soldering paste.
- guerrilla 4y agoYes! I'd never seen that before in the hobbyist sphere and suddenly I don't hate SMDs.
- ilyt 4y agoMost board vendors can sell you the stencil for your PCB for very cheap
- iamflimflam1 4y agoYes, I thought this was pretty common now. I do it every time as it hardly adds any cost. It’s also worth looking at the costs for SMT assembly. Companies like JLC are amazingly cheap for fully assembled boards (provided you stick to their standard parts catalog).
- ilyt 4y agoI was almost going to do that for one of my projects, I got my design right on time for chip crisis to start.... But yeah, even for something like 10 boards the prices for assembly has become pretty reasonable, especially if you design for the parts they have in stock.
- makapuf 4y agoI consider soldering the board a bit too far on the externalize my hobby side. I like soldering those !
- voxadam 4y agoThe "screen" he's using in the video is called a stencil. They're made out out of thin stainless steel. These days they're pretty easy to come by, even for the hobbyist.[0] [0] https://www.oshstencils.com/ https://www.oshstencils.com/ (one of many hobbyist level examples)