Week #13: (4/19-23) Soldering & RoHS Compliance

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Week #13: (4/19-23) Soldering & RoHS Compliance

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The topic of Soldering will be presented to make sure that everyone in the class has had some exposure and experience with soldering. You will be required to construct a soldering project as part of your EET-265 Lab grade. This project will be provided to you and should take approximately 2 - 3 hours to construct if you have not soldered before. BE SURE TO READ THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION AND LINKS BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF YOUR KIT!!!

Make sure you watch the two videos in the Week #13 Folder in Blackboard!!!

There is additional information about Soldering, specifically Surface Mount Devices, and RoHS compliance in Week #13 of EET-255.


Here is a pdf from the Cal Poly Robotics Club on Soldering Fundamentals.
Soldering Fundamentals [Cal Poly Robotics Club].pdf
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http://electronicsclub.info/soldering.htm The pdf of this page is here:
Soldering.pdf
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Soldering Tutorial from Sparkfun.

Here is a 20 minute YouTube video series showing Basic Soldering Lessons. This is pretty dated (1980) but the content is very good, plus it's so typical of instructional media of the day. And here's Part 2 (6 min)

And here is the link to Weller Soldering Equipment which is a popular manufacturer of soldering equipment.

Some links on RoHS - Restriction of Hazardous Substances:

RoHS Guide from RoHSGuide.com.

Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive.

Here are some links regarding lead-free solder and it's cost.

Rollback the Lead-Free Initiative.

Was Lead-Free Solder Worth the Effort?

Here's a link to this pdf from NASA: Whisker Metallurgy from Wikipedia.
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