December 6, 2009

Video of Solder Reflow in Progress

Have a look at this great video footage that is over at Curious Inventor. It was recorded at a SMT soldering class where a skillet was used to heat the board to flow the solder paste. It still fascinates me how well the parts magically align themselves! If you are looking for soldering skillet information, have a look at the article we did about the Adafruit skillet. Another popular method

Blowing Stuff up with High Voltage Electricity

  If you know someone who doesn’t respect electricity have them watch the above video from Fast MHz. The best part of the video is around the 21 second mark when a Dell power supply is zapped with 16kj of electricity. It looks like the power supply may have permanent damage from the experiment! The subwoofer shown at the 56 second mark has a remarkably long throw, must be a