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Building an NF7 board

Building an NF7 board

Shorty Daniel Pass 18 Jun, 2004 at 1:18pm ET Article published in Tech

I found this fascinating, especially the SMT machines (Surface Mount Technology)

A colleague of mine recently described SMT as “a high-powered machine gun spitting ICs onto a board with insane precision.” There really is not a more accurate description. Since SMDs are stamped onto the board at such high speeds, they are loaded into the SMT machine using a special tape feeder. This is very similar to the manner in which ammunition is fed into a machine gun..

Submitted by: DogSoldier

Source: Anandtech

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Comments

  1. muddocktor
    18 Jun 2004 ~ 1:23pm muddocktor Yeah, I read that article the other day and it was a real interesting read. :)
  2. MJO
    18 Jun 2004 ~ 6:57pm MJO Fascinating stuff.
    That SMT machine sure beats hand soldering. ;D
    Gotta love the sound from that machine as well. *ratatatata*

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