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PCB Assembly And Reflow Soldering At Oxford Hackspace

The board-populating workstation set up in our electronics workshop.
The board-populating workstation set up in our electronics workshop.

One of the facilities we offer at Oxford Hackspace is surface-mount electronic assembly and reflow soldering, the placement of solder paste and components on entire surface-mount circuit boards and their soldering all at once in a temperature-controlled oven. We recently completed a run of a small audio input board prototype, and to show you the process in detail we’re presenting it here. Continue reading “PCB Assembly And Reflow Soldering At Oxford Hackspace”

Cheltenham Hackspace Open Day

Cheltenham Hackspace's busy workshop area
Cheltenham Hackspace’s busy workshop area

On Saturday a group of us made our way over the Cotswolds to Cheltenham, for the Cheltenham Hackspace open day. They’ve had a turbulent time on their way to their new home, and having moved in and got everything going they’re anxious to show their new home in an industrial unit in the north of town to the world. Continue reading “Cheltenham Hackspace Open Day”