Month: January 2009

How-To Tuesday: Surface mount soldering

How-To Tuesday: Surface mount soldering

Photograph by Pat Molner Surface Mount Soldering Techniques for making modern circuits. By Scott Driscoll When cellphones were housed in briefcases, manufactured electronics had easy-to-solder leads. Now phones fit in pockets, and the smaller surface-mount devices (SMDs) inside are driving through-hole components into extinction. SMDs can cost less than their old-school equivalents, and many newer […]

MAKE: SF meeting Tuesday

MAKE: SF meeting Tuesday

The next Make:SF meeting is Tuesday, January 13th at 6:30 PM Location: Instructables HQ 489 Clementina St. – 3rd Floor San Francisco CA To present contact Andrew at meetings [at] makesf [dot] org Related sites: http://www.makesf.org http://www.meetup.com/makesf/ http://makesf.pbwiki.com/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/686701@N22/