I want to do some practice on SMD soldering and would prefer to actually make something useful rather than just waste a bunch of parts on a fake board layout.
However everything I come up with is quite complex, expensive, and not really suitable for starting out on (in case I break anything)
Does anyone know of some simple but useful circuits which I could try?
Useful SMD practice circuit ideas?
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Re: Useful SMD practice circuit ideas?
A couple of the hobbyist dealers in the US have "SMT practice kits" that do something...
http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/p ... mber=C6719
I did a series of two-transistor blinky circuits some time ago. Various SMT sizes, one and two sides PCBs with components on one or both sides, etc. I don't think they're particularly useful, and they don't have an ICs, and I'd probably use smaller components if I were designing it today (they're 1206 based), but you're welcome to them if you want them...
http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/p ... mber=C6719
I did a series of two-transistor blinky circuits some time ago. Various SMT sizes, one and two sides PCBs with components on one or both sides, etc. I don't think they're particularly useful, and they don't have an ICs, and I'd probably use smaller components if I were designing it today (they're 1206 based), but you're welcome to them if you want them...
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Re: Useful SMD practice circuit ideas?
Not a bad idea but I wanted to stay away from circuits like this.
I'd rather make something which has a practical purpose and which I can actually use for something in future.
(I already have a flasher circuit just like this one as my first ever soldering project, and it just sits in a drawer )
Problem is it can't be too complex, or expensive as I am just learning here. I don't think I would make a total mess of it (I did make an SMD circuit once, it looked like BANNED, mainly as I made the board by hand with a dalo pen, but worked perfectly) - but I don't particularly like the idea of potentially losing $100 on something tricky.
If it did have a complex IC I could always use the through-hole version and have the rest of the parts SMD.
I'd rather make something which has a practical purpose and which I can actually use for something in future.
(I already have a flasher circuit just like this one as my first ever soldering project, and it just sits in a drawer )
Problem is it can't be too complex, or expensive as I am just learning here. I don't think I would make a total mess of it (I did make an SMD circuit once, it looked like BANNED, mainly as I made the board by hand with a dalo pen, but worked perfectly) - but I don't particularly like the idea of potentially losing $100 on something tricky.
If it did have a complex IC I could always use the through-hole version and have the rest of the parts SMD.
- westfw
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Re: Useful SMD practice circuit ideas?
Well, you could get BatchPCB or Dorkbot to make you some Ardunio nano (or similar) boards, and build your own mini-arduino... (or the same for duemilanove or Uno, come to think of it.)
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