Olivier Smit

Technical Writer

Oliver is an experienced electronics engineer with over 7 years of experience developing products in IoT, consumentenelektronica, and medical devices. He is highly skilled in analog circuit design, ingebedde systemen, PCB-indeling, firmware-codering, and prototyping electronic products. Oliver’s expertise encompasses the full product development cycle, from concept to mass production. He holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and leverages his deep technical knowledge to deliver innovative electronic solutions.

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How can I solder an SMD component with a pad on the bottom?

I am getting a PCB manufactured for a project that I am working on. One of the parts, the A4950 motor driver, has a “pad” on the bottom, which is meant to be soldered to GND of the PCB for thermal dissipation. I was thinking about the prototyping, and I am unsure how I would go about (using a soldering iron), soldering the pad on the bottom.

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Is solder mask a valid electrical insulator?

There is a copper pour over the entire top of the my PCB, which is part of GND net. It turns out that the surface mounted 1W LEDs I’m going to use have the heat slug connected internally to the LED’s +ve terminal. Can I rely on the solder mask to insulate the +ve voltage (~3V ish) from GND? Long term?

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How can I electrically isolate a PCB from a heat sink?

I have a set of LED driving lights for motorcycle that must be wired through a ground-leg pulse width modulation dimmer. The problem is the mounting bracket for the lights is grounded, so the lamp shorts to ground through the motorcycle chassis and the PWM dimmer cant dim the lamps. How do I handle this problem?

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