KIC, the leader in smart thermal process technologies for electronics manufacturing, is pleased to announce that its ...

and a variety of soldering techniques for through-hole and surface mount devices. Upon completion of the course, students will make a functional “decision-making” device with spinning LED lights ...

Using a fine tip dispenser, apply a small amount of solder paste to all the pads where components will attach. With tweezers, carefully place each corresponding component onto its designated pad. This ...

Soldering is best done under magnification ... [Makzumi] didn’t want to shell out $400 or more for a good microscope so he hacked one from some cheap binoculars from the toy section on Amazon.

He wound up using a USB microscope to place and solder these tiny parts, and we’re thinking his SMD soldering station is the bee’s knees. [techpawpanda]’s video-based SMD station is built ...