Hey all
This isn't anything super duper fantastic.
but last night, i finished soldering up one of my projects and had some 0805 LEDs left over... ...so i decided to change the lights on my Arduino board
I have to say that I considered this on a few things, mainly my Rio Carbon MP3 player which I was going to change the LEDs to blue on but I have never had any surface mount LEDs seperate (not in a kit). I have a project on my (very long) list which would involve a load so maybe after that I will replace all these boring ones on devices I have.
for getting the old SMD LEDs off, or any SMD 0805 things like resistors and diodes i would recommend getting a pair of hot tweezers.
they are pretty easy to solder on.
clean the pads
use flux on both pads
put a very small amount of solder on one pad
grab the SMD with needle tweezers
align it on the pads
heat the pad you presoldered in step 3 and slip the SMD in
solder the other side
enjoy the fruits and colors of your labor
SMD can go on perfboards as well!
and they are dirt cheap if you buy in bulk from ebay
i bought a 100pcs mix pack (white, yellow, purple, cyan, red, green, blue)
great write up mowcius!
great site as well http://www.duinoaday.co.uk/ <- bookmarked
my apologies for providing a how to smd list. didn't realize you already knew how!
great write up mowcius!
great site as well http://www.duinoaday.co.uk/ <- bookmarked
my apologies for providing a how to smd list. didn't realize you already knew how!