hi,
homemade double sided pcb's suffer the scenario of sodering when it comes to dealing with tight areas... samples of these tight areas are dip socket pins and various connectors (db connectors in particular)
is there a good way of soldering the top part of such components? in the case of a db connector, the soldering iron tip is too big to fit between the terminals attached to the pcb, thereby soldering cannot be made properly on top.
hot air soldering can reach tight areas, however there are risks melting the plastic casing of such components...
| *Component obscuring top layer
|___________
==|==|==|== A -> how can this layer be soldered?
==|==|==|== B -> can be soldered easily
\------ Pins------/
If A is obscured because of the physical construction of the component, then soldering the top layer would be quite a headache... B won't have problems since its the bottom and everthing is "clear" on that layer.
is there a way of soldering the top part of the pcb for the tight areas mentioned - particularly, w/o using vias for the attachement?
homemade double sided pcb's suffer the scenario of sodering when it comes to dealing with tight areas... samples of these tight areas are dip socket pins and various connectors (db connectors in particular)
is there a good way of soldering the top part of such components? in the case of a db connector, the soldering iron tip is too big to fit between the terminals attached to the pcb, thereby soldering cannot be made properly on top.
hot air soldering can reach tight areas, however there are risks melting the plastic casing of such components...
| *Component obscuring top layer
|___________
==|==|==|== A -> how can this layer be soldered?
==|==|==|== B -> can be soldered easily
\------ Pins------/
If A is obscured because of the physical construction of the component, then soldering the top layer would be quite a headache... B won't have problems since its the bottom and everthing is "clear" on that layer.
is there a way of soldering the top part of the pcb for the tight areas mentioned - particularly, w/o using vias for the attachement?