PCB Assembly

Eagle eyed viewers spotted a short between two pins on a TQFP chip in the previous teardown video. This isn’t a dodgy assembly issue, it’s a deliberate design short, Dave explains how and why. Solder masks and snap grids. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1353-why-are-these-pins-shorted/ Podcast: Download

Sagan assembles the RC2014 Mini retro Z80 computer kit running Microsft BASIC from 1978. But will it go to plan? Power up, testing and troubleshooting at 23:00 Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1205-rc2014-z80-computer-kit-build/ Sagan’s first time soldering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjpUYGRXzRQ Podcast: Download

Soldering the Nixie Tube display PCB. How to do drag and dab soldering to make surface mount parts soldering easy. Also a look at the Elecrow blank prototype PCB quality. Jump to 3:36 for the soldering tutorial Part 6 of the Nixie Tube project Forum HERE