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Once upon a time, it was deemed mostly silly to try and schlep power from a computer’s ports. Then it was kind of amusing to do so with USB, and …read more Continue reading USB-C Powered Hotplate Is Not For Food
When it comes to home-lab reflow work, there are a lot of ways to get the job done. The easiest thing to do perhaps is to slap a PID controller …read more Continue reading A Compact SMD Reflow Hotplate Powered by USB-PD
Homebrew reflow projects generally follow a pretty simple formula: find a thrift shop toaster oven or hot plate, add a microcontroller and a means to turn the heating element on …read more Continue reading Solder Two Boards at Once With This Dual Reflow Plate
Those of us who build our own electronics should have some idea of the process used to assemble modern surface-mount printed circuit boards. Whether we hand-solder, apply paste with a …read more Continue reading Tour A PCB Assembly Line From Your Armchair
Assembling with a stencil is just that much more convenient – it’s a huge timesaver, and your components no longer need to be individually touched with a soldering iron for …read more Continue reading Want Better 0402 Reflow? Consider These Footprints!
Surface mount components have been a game changer for the electronics hobbyist, but doing reflow soldering right requires some way to evenly heat the board. You might need to buy …read more Continue reading Internal Heating Element Makes These PCBs Self-Soldering
Normally when we talk about PCBs and hotplates, we’re talking about reflowing solder. In this build from [Arnov Sharma], though, the PCB itself is the hotplate! The idea was to …read more Continue reading PCB Hotplate Has Integrated Heating Element Traces
Reflow hotplates are a wonderful tool for PCB assembly if you can keep your designs single-sided. The 946C hotplate in particular has been on hackers’ radar for a while – …read more Continue reading Controller For 946C Hotplate Adds Reflow Profile Upload Over BLE
[Maker.Moekoe] wanted a single controller board that was usable with different reflow ovens or hotplates. The result is a versatile board based on the ESP32-S2. You can see a video …read more Continue reading Versatile Reflow Oven Controller Uses ESP32-S2
[EEforEveryone] is trying to find a good hot plate for reflow soldering. After trying one cheap unit, he got another one. He was a bit underwhelmed. The grounding was suspect …read more Continue reading Reflow Hotplate Teardown Uncovers the Bare Minimum