Accelerometer adxl202e soldering sneak preview

[ice]

ok...i just finished soldering my accelerometr..
The hardest part of the accelerometr is soldering it...Since it's an smd component..it makes a life a bit difficult....

If you need to know how the sensor works ...take a look here (http://www.machinegrid.com/content/view/53/111/)


before i put up the page on soldering the sensor ...here's a sneak image preview...




http://machinegrid.com/images/stories/acc/adxl_solder/adxl202_top.jpg


http://machinegrid.com/images/stories/acc/adxl_solder/adxl202_close.jpg


http://machinegrid.com/images/stories/acc/adxl_solder/adxl202_1rupee.jpg

[vikas]

Hmm seems like uve done it finally :)

[vidur]

Hi Ice

You hand soldered a SMD component!!!!!cool!

Did you use an ordinary Solder iron...or the ones the cellphone repair guys use....I've been trying figure out how to solder a MAX 152 ADC ( A SOP ) now for months....but didnt adventure with it....coz i wasnt sure how to solder it....

I could use some tips from you!

vidur

[vikas]

Yes i need some pointers too :)

how abt a "SMD soldering tutorial 4 dummies "

[vidur]

Great Idea Vikas... :)

[ice]

haha ..thanks ..
but i still havnt shown u guys the bottom view...

no i did it with a normal solder iron ..twas difficult a bit...

abt SMD soldering ,hmmm... i dont have necessary equipment[like many of us] for it like a reflow oven .etc...

i'll be putting up a page on "soldering the accelerometer" as thats the most difficult part..getting values from it is easy. :D

[vidur]

ever seen the cellphone repair guys....

they use a solder iron thinner than a pencil......
i wonder where you get that from.....if somebody has it..maybe that could work!

[ice]

i did use a thin tip..got one for 10bucks...took of the old tip and slid this in..
its arnd 1 mm thick..

[ice]

ok..here's it ..i put up a page on how i soldered the sensor...

http://www.machinegrid.com/content/view/59/114/

Those are webcam images,so pardon the blur... :D

[MMROCHA]

Hy, People...

Just looking around for ADXL202E mounting tips.

A suggestion: I have glued the tiny chip on the top of
a TL072, and soldered the ADXL pins VDD, GND, XFILT and YFILT
to the appropriate TL pins, in a buffer configuration.
It is quite handy, for the DIP package is easier to insert
on a PCB, and the sensor (ADXL + TL) can be removed if necessary.