Timeline for When is it OK for connectors to be SMT instead of TH?
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| May 30, 2014 at 10:29 | vote | accept | Nate | ||
| May 30, 2014 at 8:58 | comment | added | Russell McMahon♦ | Much as they all say: Solder is not a good means of mechanical retention. If an object is subject to mechanical stresses apart from its weight, then they need to be dealt with by other than the solder connections. Even heavier components or those of substantial 'height', so impact forces through the c of g cause significant stresses, need some means of reacting mechanical forces. | |
| May 29, 2014 at 19:07 | comment | added | Kaz | I think for connectors that take stress, through hole should be preferred. So then SMT would be a compromise. maybe you need to get the board smaller, and by going to an SMT connector, you're able to freely route traces under the part, or route more traces. Or maybe you can get a discount if your board requires no holes to be drilled at all. | |
| May 29, 2014 at 17:30 | answer | added | Scott Seidman | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 29, 2014 at 17:17 | answer | added | user43594 | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 29, 2014 at 16:57 | answer | added | JYelton | timeline score: 10 | |
| May 29, 2014 at 16:49 | history | edited | JYelton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 29, 2014 at 16:40 | history | asked | Nate | CC BY-SA 3.0 |