hardware - How did wave soldering work? - Retrocomputing Stack …
Nov 22, 2020 · While it is not used as much nowadays, wave soldering was a big advance in the productivity of manufacturing electronics, compared to soldering all the components by hand. …
What was the first computer board to be wave-soldered?
Mar 18, 2021 · The Wikipedia article on wave soldering does not give any information on its history. What was the first computer circuit board to use this process? I am specifically looking …
Newest 'printed-circuit-board' Questions - Retrocomputing Stack …
Dec 13, 2019 · How did wave soldering work? [closed] While it is not used as much nowadays, wave soldering was a big advance in the productivity of manufacturing electronics, compared …
Why were chips socketed in early computers? - Retrocomputing …
Sep 6, 2018 · *2 - Wave soldering is a rather secure process and around since at least 1947 (oldest usage I know). It does require to have the whole board plus all of the placed …
history - How many hours of labor did it take to assemble a ...
Ideally I would like to gain a comprehensive understanding of how labor cost varied as a function of component count, but finding statistics for this will be potluck, so I will happily accept an …
Why user-assembled kits? - Retrocomputing Stack Exchange
Nov 21, 2020 · With the technology at the time (in particular, no surface-mount components) there was no technical or reliability advantage of wave-soldering over hand soldering. (I have some …
What causes the traces to wrinkle like this and should I be worried
So, after being masked, when the board was wave soldered to attach the electronic components, the original HASL solder, now underneath the solder mask, would melt again and reform …
Why were early (personal) computer connectors so bulky?
Jul 11, 2024 · No matter whether on PCB or cable. Perfect for any volume, especially a low starting volume. That said, it can be machine manufactured (wave soldering etc.) when …
hardware - Main board of the original Game & Watch (Ball ...
Dec 28, 2016 · As a side note, if you've ever opened a G&W game double screen game, you'll have noticed that the main chip is sitting 45° from the main board and this was done because …
Labor input for manufacture of early personal computers
Aug 14, 2018 · Wave soldering makes assembling an entire board very quick, and was starting to become popular in the 70s and 80s, so you can bet that anyone making complex products like …