Surface Mount Reflow Soldering Workshop
From Gosh! 2009: Open Source Hardware Summit
Brian Evans
Date and Time: TBA
Location: TBA
Description
Solder tiny surface mount parts without a soldering iron
Learn how to work with surface mount components using a stencil, solder paste, tweezers, and a reflow skillet. Participants will each build their very own Freeduino Pico - a brand new Arduino™ compatible microcontroller. The Pico is a small, breadboard friendly, open-source microcontroller designed for easier integration with breadboard prototyping or as a less expensive option for semi-permanent installations where a USB connection is desired.
This workshop will include a brief discussion of PCB design, surface mount parts, solder stencils, the Arduino™ bootloader, and the FTDI RS232 USB to Serial EEPROM options. If there's enough time we will even upload our first programs into our newly assembled microcontroller.
No experience with soldering, electronics, or programming is required although a steady hand and a good eye is always helpful.
This workshop will provide every participant with enough parts to make their own microcontroller.
Details, Costs
- Sign up below
- I have 10x Kits available for $15 to cover the cost of the parts
Who's Coming
- Type your name in here if you are planning to attend this event.
Darsha
Peter Flemming
Katherine Moriwaki
Requirements
I will provide:
- Kits for sale including all parts.
- Tweezers for placing parts.
- Solder paste, stencils, and squeegees.
- Skillet for soldering.
- Soldering irons and solder braid for rework.
What you will need:
- A steady hand and good eye.
- A magnifying glass could be helpful but is not required.
- A laptop with Arduino installed to program the finished boards.
- (The above is not 100% required for the workshop but will be needed to use the Pico at a later time.)
