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At this point, I flip the board over to solder the components in place
Date: 01/22/2013
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photo-13
Once soldered, take a pair of snips and cut leads close to the board
Date: 01/22/2013
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Next up is the LED, here are the leads
Date: 01/22/2013
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I cut the leads first before assembly, so I can get the LED flush with the board
Date: 01/22/2013
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Fit it in place on the front of the board, making sure you align the flat side of the LED with the markings on the board.. and once again, I hold it in place with masking tape
Date: 01/22/2013
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Flip the board over and solder the LED in place
Date: 01/22/2013
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Now I prep for installing the surface mounted device, the MOSFET, so I use my flux pen to lightly coat the pads on the front of the board
Date: 01/22/2013
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Then I apply a small amount of solder to one of the pads
Date: 01/22/2013
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Remove the MOSFET from the plastic holder and use your tweezers to place it leads down on the front of the board
Date: 01/22/2013
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Align the MOSFET so that the leads line up with the pads and you can reheat the solder you placed down to reflow over one of those leads
Date: 01/22/2013
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Once that one lead is in place, solder the other two, then I like to go back to the first and make sure it is nice, clean joint by adding more solder and reflowing it again
Date: 01/22/2013
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That's all the components for the board, so next I take some isopropyl alcohol and a q-tip and clean the board of all the rosen left from soldering
Date: 01/22/2013
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