As the PCBs contain both SMT and THT components there are two passes needed to solder the PCB. The SMT soldering is prefereable done by a pick'n'place and reflow process. If you need to solder the SMT parts by hand this is also quite easy doable as we restricted ourselfs to the use of 0805 as the smallest components. I soldered the first device completely by hand and it took my about 4 hours to do the job. For our run of the small series we asked a local electronic manufacturer to do the SMT soldering for us. Soldering the THT components remaind as a job to be done and I also documented the process with two videos - some of them are rather boring - so consider them for documentation purpose ;)

THT Soldering Part I

oggstreamer-solder-part1 from Georg Ottinger on Vimeo.

THT Soldering Part II

oggstreamer-solder-part2 from Georg Ottinger on Vimeo.