EENG 393

Lab 12 - Soldering skills
Lab: 12
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InLab 12

Some self-guided activities.

Objectives

Lab 12 assignment

Assemble your power supply PCB and provide a temperature profile for the PCB.

Turn-in

  1. Assemble your power supply
  2. Graph the temperature profile of your PCB on the reflow skillet while its being reflowed. Do this by completing the following
    • Measure the temperature of the PCB every 30 seconds using the FLIR thermal imaging camera,
    • Open Excel and enter "Time" in cell A1. Enter 0 in cell A2 and "=A2+30" in cell A3. Click on cell A2, click on the small square in the lower right corner and drag the formula down to cell A17,
    • Enter the recorded temperatures in cells B2 … B17,
    • Select cells A1 to B17,
    • Insert → Charts → Scatter → Scatter with smooth lines and markers.
You will have to learn how to use the FLIR TG165 on your own - don't worry it's pretty simple. If you like reading, check out the FLIR TG165 USER MANUAL. I found pages 6-12 to be most relevant. The distance to spot ratio was particularly important. If you like watching videos, then check out the FLIR TG165 video playlist