SMT/SMD (Surface Mount Technology and Devices) Night this Wednesday
Wednesday. Wednesday! WEDNESDAY! Is SMT night at VHS! Beeeee theeeeerrre!
VHS has just received a large donation of SMT components, with some amazing parts in the mix. In order for our community to take advantage of these parts though, we have to break down the perceived barriers to entry that many people have for working with SMT. The reality of SMT is that it’s actually easier, faster, and cheaper than through-hole, but many people incorrectly associate the physical size of the components with being difficult, aggravating, and slow to use.
The night will cover:
- Introduction to SMT components.
- Why use SMT over through-hole
- Identification of SMT components, and common SMT packages
- Overview of SMT assembly techniques
- How to prototype with SMT components
- Learn to solder SMT on the blank SMT PCBs we have at the space
- Sorting our new SMT components!
What: SMT/SMD (Surface Mount Technology/Surface Mount Devices) Night
Where: VHS (270 East 1st Ave aka The Bunker, http://vanhack.ca/wp/about/)
When: Wednesday July 3rd @ 7:30pm
Why: Using SMT components opens the doors to a lot of amazing devices that are not available in through-hole packages, and is faster AND easier to work with. Don’t believe us? Come along and find out!
Who: Anyone and everyone, members or non members, guests, etc..
Bottom Line: Richard Sim
Hi everyone, thanks to those who attended the night – I hope you found it informative, and only a little too info-heavy. :)
I’ve rounded up many of the interesting SMT-related docs I’ve collected over the years, and put them here: http://devras.com/vhs/2013-07-03_smt_class/