Re: how-to solder SMD capacitors

One thing you'll need is a good way to see what you're doing. I have a stereo microscope (thanks to my last job going out of business sale) as well as a headgear magnifier. It is amazing when you can really see what you're doing how much easier it is. It is easy to see if you've had too much caffine too (you shake alot).

The head gear is cheap, $20 or so. My stereo microscope is worth $900 new. It is not for sale btw. I use it all the time. You can see bad solder joints and smd caps look like wooden blocks the kids play with. The soldering...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

hey everyone,

I love these posts. "So many monitors, so little time". Well said!

I'm an electrical engineer by schooling, but been on the software side, mostly working in simulation, process automation, embedded systems, .NET, etc.

Lately I've needed more things to do so I decided to stumble on a broken monitor. Now having read these forums a bit and knowing what a bad cap looked like, and needing a big screen monitor for my .NET addiction, I decided that spending $10 for...