I found this in a wikipedia source link, thought it might be of some use for us electronics hobbyists (and professionals!). Good for newbies too that want to avoid crackly connections or other issues. If it works for rockets, it's probably good enough for me!
Inspectors
Enjoy!
Inspectors
Enjoy!
I found this in a wikipedia source link, thought it might be of some use for us electronics hobbyists (and professionals!). Good for newbies too that want to avoid crackly connections or other issues. If it works for rockets, it's probably good enough for me!
Inspectors
Enjoy!
Good one! Thanks,
jd
I see they remove the gold plating from gold plated component leads before soldering into a PCB
Here's how it was explained to me:
the gold on the pins should be scraped off (!) and then the pins be tinned with solder, prior to soldering to the PCB. This is pretty important, otherwise embrittlement will occur over time (ie crappy socket connection - the opposite of what you want!).
The gold will give you the corrosion free sockets you want, as Dave says, but if you don't prep them right, you'll get a <worse> connection than the plain sockets. :evil:
To clarify myself, where the gold meets the tube pins, is very good. But where the socket meets the PCB, it must be scaped & tinned as stated above.
Sweet!
Adding it to the collection
Well, remember when they lost that space probe a couple years ago because someone mixed up metric and standard?
Adding it to the collection
If it works for rockets, it's probably good enough for me!
Well, remember when they lost that space probe a couple years ago because someone mixed up metric and standard?
Well, remember when they lost that space probe a couple years ago because someone mixed up metric and standard?
Metric is standard, you are the ones who are lagging.
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