• [VK2TPM] Surface mount on home drawn circuit board

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    marxy's musing on technology

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    Surface mount on home drawn circuit board

    Posted: 23 Oct 2021 03:18 PM PDT http://blog.marxy.org/2021/10/surface-mount-on-home-drawn-circuit.html

    I've been slow to adopt surface mount components for home construction but watching Paul, VK3HN's, technique has convinced me it's the way to go. The
    way he lays components on a board, draws the tracks with a pen, then simply solders components on to the surface seems particularly elegant.As a test
    I've built a simple emitter follower audio stage with a 3904 small signal
    NPN transistor. The

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