Contents

Printing this Document

Introduction

Working Practices

Bad Joints

Good Joints

PCB Facts

Soldering Rules

SMT Pad Specification

PCB Assembly Limitations

VIA Connection Technique

IC Socket Assembly Techniques

Extracting the IC Socket Pins

Soldering SMT Components

Solder Levelling an SMT Pad

Soldering 2 Padded SMT Components

Soldering Multi Padded SMT Components

Soldering Fine Pitch SMT Devices

Handling SMT Components

Removing SMT Components

An Example PCB

Another Example PCB

FAQs

The SMT Video Show

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