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Category: Tips for better PCBs

Through-hole components – Don’t Tack On

2019-07-09 JTK Communications, Inc. Leave a comment

It’s how we ‘fine tune’ a circuit, or fix a mistake. Just grab a through-hole resistor and solder iron and…

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Posted in: Transition from through-hole

Through-hole components – Rivets

2019-07-01 JTK Communications, Inc. Leave a comment

Rivets !There are two reasons to use copper rivets/eyelets on every through-hole lead for two-sided PCBs. First, it makes soldering…

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Posted in: Tips for better PCBs, Transition from through-hole

Through-hole components; soldering

2019-06-28 JTK Communications, Inc. Leave a comment

Pre-tin the component leads ! This will save you a great deal of trouble and time. Put a ‘healthy coat’…

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Posted in: Soldering, Transition from through-hole

Learn to solder again – part 2

2019-05-31 JTK Communications, Inc. Leave a comment

When we switch to lead-free solder, we will have two types of soldering to re-learn – hand soldering and re-flow…

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Burnishing Problems

2019-05-27 JTK Communications, Inc. Leave a comment

Most of my DPCB (desktop printed circuit board) burnishing problems all have one cause: impatience. Some things just should not…

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Posted in: Mistakes, Tips for better PCBs

The Learning Curve

2019-05-26 JTK Communications, Inc. Leave a comment

Looking back over the last few months, I realize this should have been my first post on the subject of…

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Posted in: Mistakes, Preparation, Tips for better PCBs

Reverse Polarity Protection

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Being a test-bed for a new design concept, component evaluation, or simulation verification, our DPCB assembly is likely to see…

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Test Points

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Perhaps the number one reason for DPCB is testing and idea or evaluating components. We do not do DPCB for…

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Posted in: Preparation, Tips for better PCBs

Learn to solder all over again

2019-05-24 JTK Communications, Inc. Leave a comment

Soldering printed circuit boards is different ! Printed circuit boards are printed with no-lead ink. This requires no-lead solder. Soldering…

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Posted in: Soldering, Tips for better PCBs

Burnishing is critical to success

2019-05-20 JTK Communications, Inc. Leave a comment

As stated in a previous post, a printed circuit board is make by depositing a thick, conductive, liquid onto the…

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Posted in: Desktop Printing Circuit Boards, Preparation, Tips for better PCBs

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