Timeline for Should SMB capacitors read their values after soldering onto a board?
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| Nov 10, 2017 at 21:15 | comment | added | BeB00 | Depending on the component and how it's soldered, if you know where the trace is connecting to, you can sometimes measure it. If there is any metal on the top without solder on it, you can put one DMM lead on that and put the other lead on the destination trace. Not a super reliable method though | |
| Nov 10, 2017 at 19:39 | comment | added | RenegadeAndy | Ok - useful to know. There is no check I can perform on these soldered components until I power the board on in this case | |
| Nov 10, 2017 at 19:38 | comment | added | Ale..chenski | @RenegadeAndy, if you follow basic soldering technology (right iron tip temperature, right solder and flux), visual inspection is usually sufficient to ensure connectivity. Measuring the cap actually is useless, it can have "cold joint", show right capacitance, but the circuit will fail to work. | |
| Nov 10, 2017 at 19:34 | comment | added | RenegadeAndy | Useful knowledge thank you. How can I test that my component is correctly soldered to the board? Ultimately, that is what I want to do. | |
| Nov 10, 2017 at 19:33 | vote | accept | RenegadeAndy | ||
| Nov 10, 2017 at 19:31 | history | answered | Ale..chenski | CC BY-SA 3.0 |