Bring Up a PCB with Fewer Headaches
What’s the first thing you do when a new set of boards from the fab house hits the doorstep? Apply solder paste, populate the components, and stick it in the reflow oven? That’s one way to do it. But a lot of non-obvious things can go wrong at the fab house, like shorts and undrilled vias. One tiny mistake can mean hours of frustration and sanity questioning as you troubleshoot some problem that’s now buried under solder paste and 0603s.
Over on IO, [Bhavesh] tries to nip these problems in the bud with a comprehensive and explanatory guide to properly …read more
