Hobby electronics with SMD technology (PoD)

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Basics and practice

Surface-mounted devices, or SMDs for short, have become an indispensable part of industrially manufactured electronics, especially due to the ongoing miniaturisation. However, hobby electronics engineers who want to build their own circuits or repair defective circuit boards are faced with the difficulties of these sometimes-tiny components and their very special processing. Not only the identification of the individual parts, but also the assembly and especially the soldering seem to pose great hurdles.

This book remedies the fear of using SMD components in hobby electronics. Thorsten Feuchter shows that working with them is not witchcraft. He describes the special features of this technology, gives tips on processing and repairing damaged SMD circuits. In this way, the tiny components quickly lose their deterrent effect and can also be used by the hobby electronics technician.

From the content:

• SMD – what is it?

• Possibilities in model making

• Special features

• Handling

• A first project

• Models

• Dimensions and markings

• Components

• Processing

• Repairing circuits

• Circuit board production

• Exotic applications

• Sources of supply