1 EEVblog #167 - Atten 858D Hot Air Rework Review
Dave Jones reviews the budget Atten 858D hot air rework station; people cite it when choosing a first hot air tool for SMD work.
Topic
smd
9 videos. Ranked by independent recommendations, not by views.
2 HowTo: Drag Soldering Demo
Short demonstration of drag soldering fine-pitch SMD pins with a bead of solder; answerers recommend it alongside the advice to use plenty of flux.
3 EEVblog #181 - Dead Bug Prototype Soldering
An EEVblog demonstration of dead bug soldering a tiny surface mount chip, offered as a workable technique for prototyping such packages, with warnings that it needs skill.
4 Essemtec - Cobra - High speed Pick and Place Product Video HD
Footage of an industrial pick and place machine, linked to show how surface mount boards are assembled at speed in a factory.
5 Soldering
A soldering tutorial playlist recommended for learning technique, including surface-mount work and packages with a thermal pad underneath.
6 EEVblog #744 - SMD Thermal Heatsink Design - µSupply Part 15
Dave Jones on getting heat out of surface mount parts through the board, recommended for understanding thermal resistance and the electrical analogy for heat flow.
7 Desoldering Made Easy - Amazing Trick || Soldering Tutorial
A desoldering tutorial whose copper wire trick lets a plain iron heat every pin of a small SMD chip at once, with no hot air needed.
8 Choosing The Right Solder, Tech Tips Tuesday.
An in-depth explanation of soldering flux, recommended for understanding why clean metal and the right flux matter for good joints.
9 Tantalum Capacitor Exploding & Burning
A demonstration of a surface-mount tantalum capacitor failing violently when powered in reverse, shared as a warning about polarity.
