Electronics components are steadily moving away from through hole parts to using surface mount technology (SMT) exclusively. While the small size of the SMT components can be intimidating, with a ...

For most of us, soldering electronics means soldering on “through hole components,” that are large and easy to handle. However, when machines build components, they use “surface mount components,” ...

[doctek] wants to help ease any fear you may have of surface mount design. He has written this extremely in depth explanation of how to design and build an LED driver composed of surface mount parts.

This application note provides guidelines for board mounting of surface mount semiconductor packages. Reflow soldering is a widely spread technology for soldering of surface mount semiconductor ...

Allowing a wide variety of devices to connect to a PCB without soldering, the 9176 Series standalone, surface-mount discrete wire IDC contact and cap component enables wires to be simply inserted into ...

Use of SMT components as small as 0201 and 01005 in consumer products offers a major competitive advantage—they allow for significant design miniaturization. Use of surface-mount technology (SMT) in ...

SMD soldering – At first, I tinned all the circuit board pads for the SMD chips before trying to mount them. That was a mistake. With both pads for chip tinned, heating up one end of the chip caused ...

Heller stands out for its ability to provide the lowest TCO in the market, as well as design and deliver customized solutions on time "Heller's product/technology strategy is geared towards lowering ...

Indium Corporation has earned the SMT China Vision Award for its Indium10.1HF solder paste at NEPCON China. The SMT China Vision Award recognizes domestic and international companies with innovative ...