If you are designing a new circuit board, you have probably hit a crossroads. You might be asking yourself, what is the difference between Surface Mount Technology (SMT) and through-hole assembly? Honestly, it is one of the most common questions I ...
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If you have ever spent hours debugging a prototype only to find out that your tiny 0201 resistors are standing straight up like little tombstones, you know the pain. Surface Mount Technology (SMT) is amazing, but it is unforgiving. Optimizing pad d...
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Every millimeter counts in surface mount technology assembly. As component packages shrink from 0402 to 0201 to 008004, the tolerance for placement error narrows to fractions of a millimeter. Miss by too much, and solder joints fail. Align poorly o...
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