Timeline for PCB Crack Repair
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| Feb 7, 2022 at 14:30 | comment | added | LorenzoDonati4Ukraine-OnStrike | From the images it seems the PCB is not FR4 or some other fiberglass stuff. It seems the phenolic type. This would also explain the crack looks. If it were FR4 it would be very hard to cause such a crack by accident. | |
| Feb 7, 2022 at 10:40 | comment | added | rustyx | Even a 4-layer board can be fixed this way by carefully scraping/peeling off the top layer near the crack, soldering the bottom traces and then soldering tiny bridges over the top layer traces. | |
| Feb 6, 2022 at 17:35 | comment | added | Kyle93 | For reference, it was a single side board. I was able to resolder the points in the photo and then stick the whole things back in one bit. Thank you very much for the information, super helpful and made up a great part of what I did. | |
| Feb 5, 2022 at 19:29 | comment | added | DKNguyen | That would certainly making splinting easier. Just make cutouts for the components on the splint and epoxy the whole damn thing down. | |
| Feb 5, 2022 at 19:15 | comment | added | Dwayne Reid | There is a really good chance this is a single-sided board. | |
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| Feb 5, 2022 at 18:03 | history | answered | DKNguyen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |