EEVblog #997 – How To Solder Surface Mount Components
Soldering the Nixie Tube display PCB. How to do drag and dab soldering to make surface mount parts soldering easy.
Also a look at the Elecrow blank prototype PCB quality.
Jump to 3:36 for the soldering tutorial
Part 6 of the Nixie Tube project
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45 Comments
I'm getting ready to solder a 30 pin connector onto a laptop motherboard to replace one that broke. You know, the kind with those flat ribbon cables that just insert and latch down? I have been worried I would screw it up, but after seeing you do it on here, I think I can figure it out now. I have some flux, some 0.022 solder, and a small chisel tip for my iron. I ordered a bunch of the parts since they were so cheap, and I'll practice on a junk board first to get my technique down before I attempt on the final product.
Thanks for showing me how these can be done properly!
One more tip…Whistle the Indiana jones theme for max efficiency…..
after you are done assembling it don't forget teh golden rule – don't turn it on, take it apart!
wold the solder iron damage the chips due to the high temperature??
Hi Dave, the upside down 2 as digit 5 doesn't pisses you? Unfortunately
many Russian nixies have been made like this, but I personally hate it.
Some years ago I did a multi hours search on ebay about this, it seems actually quite hard to find Russian nixies with proper '5' digits. If I have to use this type of tubes, I'd search the
western (or GDR – East German) analogs of that tube type (if any exists
in the same package, pinout and pin spacing).
Otherwise, it's a cool project, I hope the display will be in camera sight as often as possible.
nice tip please let us know model , is it for weller tips pers51?
thanks for your time
trap for young players? young players can't afford custom pcb's
i don't now the problem that people have with smd, but personally i love smd stuff
I'm a newbie with soldering and working on electronics in general and I love these videos! Thank you for all the tips that more experienced folks probably already know and don't think to mention.
Hi Dave. For the JBC mini spoon, it is better not to get a solder ball under it but rather fill it (make it a flat surface). Once I figured it worked like that, drag soldering was a no brainer.
After I figured it, it was a real pleasure to use it. Even if I can get good result with a bezel tip, I like to switch to the mini spoon just even for a single chip.
NO BOB IS NOT MY UNCLE 🙁
My boss just bought me a tagarno zip. Love it!!!
Great video. I didn't understand much of the street slang but I did get 'hunkee dorie'.
To follow up on my tweet to you – this is the video that showed what a difference 03mm solder makes vs the call it 1mm that I used to have. I really wish I learned this earlier – it makes SUCH a huge difference ! My headers now look like machine fitted headers !
Thanks again from across the ditch !
Solder paste packaged within a syringe will do the job, then use a hot wind blower to melt the paste.
First of May is Labor Day here in China, so that's probably why it did not shop within the 48hrs.
I hear that DaveEDM at around 16:00.
YES I SAID IT RIGHT, PILL-O-POO
Is a pleasure checking your tutorials. Greetings from MX.
Anyone know the drill size for those nixie standoff/socket pins to nicely fit them at the wider section of the pin like Dave did?
what does he say at 14:26 ? socker tippers?
1080p60 😀 its so smooth
Question – what is camera or microscope with camera used? May be Dave have video about these 🙂
Where is that cool PCB holder from ?
Does Dave have a tutorial on washing the extra flux? What to wash what not to wash etc?
Excellent tip (pardon the pun 😉 ) there about the well tip for the iron. I might have to get one of those myself, it looks a lot better for those smaller-pitch SMD legs. I seem to forever have trouble with TQFPs and TSSOPs.
The Bob Ros of SMD
fun game to play:
dab every time dave says dab
thanks
What iron tip are you using ?
Just did my first SMD solder, (my training is from the early 90s…). Man, that was easy. The only problem was keeping the chip in place while tacking first and last pin. Other side i did with dragging along, other side once in a row (8 pin package). Really much easier even with my shaking hands. Need to figure out some guide to help with shaking (shaking is caused by neck muscles that are constantly too tight but doing 10 minute exercise to keep hands steady for a minute is not going to work in a long run, it's not bad just annoying). If anyone has an idea how to help with that problem, i'd be very happy pappy.
Your videos aren't boring at all. I've learned many things. Thanks man! Keep doing these kind of videos.
So so so professional. Thumbs up
How did he know that Bob's my uncle?
Very nice Dave. How do you clean of the flux?
What is the part number on that soldering tip and brand?
da?
You remind me a little of uncle Arthur of the comedy company
I love your "its a little how ya doing" comment lmao is that a Australian thing or are you just funny.
bob's your uncle
15:55 when you try to listen to a 5 minute song in 2 minutes XD
For the surface mounted components, what wattage iron did you use Dave?
This guy sounds like Lemongrab.
Where can I find the PCB files, have these been shared with the community??
Bob is my uncle. I had two uncle Bobs!