Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 27 15:50:11 EDT 2014 | smtdoug
If at all possible, you definately want solder mask defined pads. Without it, you will struggle with solder bridging. This is especially important if you have a larger size board.
Electronics Forum | Mon May 12 13:55:19 EDT 2014 | hegemon
It sounds like a bit too much solder on the PWB, caused by too large a pad for the lead it will contain. In that case solder reduction is the way to move forward. What are the options there? 1. New stencil or stencils - (not desirable) 2. Increas
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 30 00:47:10 EDT 2014 | matusov
Hello gurus, I am a hardware designer with a small company. We are about to send a new PCB for fabrication. This board uses dozens of tiny QFN, DFN, and similar packages. As a final check I have been going through the datasheets of all these parts t
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 23 03:29:37 EDT 2022 | samhe
I received a buck-boost DCDC board with an optical sensor from NextPCB, so I mounted the components and measured the efficiency. Table of contents Board received from NextPCB Solder paste printing Mounting of parts Reflow operation check Attaching
