Nibble++ SMD Challenge

Name: Nibble++ SMD Challenge
SKU: 22276
Price: 9.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.88 (2 reviews)

(2 Reviews)

A simple PCB to test your SMD hand-soldering skills. Starting with 0805 SMD Parts going down to sand grain sized 01005 SMD parts

Designed by blinkyparts in Germany

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A simple PCB to test your SMD hand-soldering skills. Starting with 0805 SMD Parts going down to sand grain sized 01005 SMD parts

Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (5.00)

Documentation: (4.50)

Shipping: (5.00)

Communication: (5.00)

Cyprien | Dec. 9, 2021

It's now time to try this SMD challenge!

The five kits arrived rapidly and well packaged.
Each kit is well packed in kraft bag with all tiny components, be careful when opening it!
Next thing to do is to carefully solder everything.

David | Jan. 29, 2021

Test your soldering skills

A great way to see if you are capable of soldering really tiny SMD parts. It is possible to solder the 3 bigger LEDs by eye, but for the 0201 onward you definitely need magnification. Be careful not to drop or lose parts. The smallest resistor is not bigger than a grain of sand.

Things that could be improved:
The documentation needs some pictures of the assembled back side. I was not sure how to place U1.
On the front side there is unfortunately a text string from the PCB manufacturer. That could have been moved to the back.

Response from blinkyparts | Jan. 31, 2021

Hello David,

thank you for your great review. Indeed, we've managed to remove the order number from the PCB manufacturer. This will be gone in the next batch. Your feedback on the manual is really helping. Rereading the manual I'm realizing "The longer white line (bottom right) on the board marks the direction" does not really help /o\. We've also updated the PCB on this and added a circle to U1 to mark the right direction. Also I will update the manual tomorrow.

I hope you've still had fun!

Regards
Timo