In electronics PCB Manufacturing, Assembly and Rework, the metals to be joined are the leads of the electronic components (thru-hole or SMD) with the copper tracks on the PCB. The alloy used to join these two metals is solder which is basically tin-lead (Sn-Pb) or tin-silver-copper (S...
Soft soldering is a technique used to join wires, fix electronic components onto circuit boards and bond copper pipes together. This tutorial shows you how to solder step by step.
Before learning how to solder, it's always wise to learn a little bit about solder, its history, and the terminology that will be used while discussing it. Solder, as a word, can be used in two different ways. Solder, the noun, refers to the alloy (a substance composed of two or ...
Before flashing firmware to the flight controller, make sure you make a backup of the existing configuration first, this allows you to revert to its original state if something goes wrong (very rarely you will need to, but better be safe than sorry). Here’s a tutorial onHow to backup Be...
If the solder bridge is left open, then GPIO 23 can be used as regular I/O. Onboard user button: GPIO 24 Note: when initializing this pin for input, remember to enable the internal pull-up resistor: usrButton = machine.Pin(24, machine.Pin.IN, machine.Pin.PULL_UP) Another onboard...
You don't need any previous surface-mount experience and as long as you are adept at soldering you can learn to work with these parts. There are a couple different methods that can work well for hobbyists. One uses a hacked toaster oven to solder the boards. The oven method uses solder...
While the names for certain settings can vary somewhat based on your motherboard vendor, the major manufacturers (Asus, ASRock, Gigabyte, and MSI) all include a wealth of options to overclock your CPU with their enthusiast-class boards. You can go as deep as you want on a top-tier mother...
This is the point of these boards. If powerful LEDs are soldered to them for lighting, then a large amount of heat is released, which dissipates aluminum and then this heat is transferred either to the device case or to an additional radiator. This is to extend the life of the lamps ...
If you have the Pi 4, you’ll need a micro HDMI to HDMI cable, because that board has micro HDMI out. The Pi Zero / Zero W use mini HDMI out. If you've got a Raspberry Pi Pico, all you'll need is a computer to connect it to (via USB) and likely you'll want to solder ...
An SSD is simply memory chips soldered onto a PCB. A controller handles everything and there may even be some cache and local memory to help with performance. Interfaces like SATA, USB, or PCIe allow the drive to connect with the motherboard and other PC parts. Where an SSD differs from...