All Questions
11
questions
0
votes
4
answers
118
views
SMD soldering with hot air
I'm fairly new to SMD work but have worked for a very long time with more tradition soldering.
I've tried various ways to remove faulty SMDs (ICs usually) with my hot air gun but have a reoccurring ...
- 1
0
votes
1
answer
151
views
How badly did I damage board with first time soldering to remove component? [closed]
First time soldering. Is this thing unusable or might it still work?
- 1
1
vote
0
answers
111
views
Water damage repair on solders
So this is the cicuit for a 1h0257j VolksWagen polo vacum pump for central lock. I got it for practice since it was replaced.
The question the problematic part seems to be a burned soldering, it is ...
- 11
16
votes
5
answers
8k
views
How to solder this pin
A customer that has bought this device years ago somehow managed to fry this IC and he tried to replace it himself.
That did not work out though and he messed up the track for good. He sent it to us ...
- 285
3
votes
3
answers
502
views
Damaged Solder Joint?
So I bought a SEGA CD off ebay and everything was fine until I decided that the duct tape that was holding the battery is was a poor substitute for a battery holder.
So I took my Model 1 apart begun ...
- 33
0
votes
1
answer
631
views
X-acto knife with soldering iron (Durable?) [closed]
I know many people who like to use an x-acto knife on their soldering iron. They use it to cut through plastic enclosures for their products. But the question is, how long will the x-acto knife last ...
0
votes
3
answers
408
views
UV intensity behaving oddly with ML8511 UV Sensor
I am using the ML8511 UV sensor: https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/ml ... -guide/all
The sensor outputs a number that represents UV irradiance (intensity) in mW/(cm squared).
However, whenever I ...
- 189
0
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Diagnosing potential damage to garden solar light
I'm just getting started with electronics and so for a simple project I tried to desolder the LED from a garden solar light in order to attach a female header (I trimmed it to 2 pins). My intention ...
- 121
-1
votes
1
answer
158
views
melting ic epoxy casing
I was attempting to remove solder with faulty solder braid (there was no flux in the section I was using (for some reason...)), and I kept the soldering Iron on it for far longer healthy. Now the ...
- 173
5
votes
1
answer
6k
views
Electrolytic Capacitors damaged while Soldering
While adding a new lead to a pcb board by soldering iron touched one of the electrolytic Capacitors, and melted the plastic casing of the Cap.
Should I replace this Cap?
1
vote
2
answers
5k
views
pcb damaged, broken copper any ideas?
I was trying to solder a new capacitor on my pcb and I had problems. At the end I think I burned the copper under the pcb mask and I am wondering if i totally destroyed my pcb. Here is a picture:
...
- 39