Grand Prize

SMT Reflow Oven Controller
When designing high-speed applications, working with surface-mount technology components and soldering by hand can be tedious. The H8/3687 microcontroller-based SMT Reflow Oven Controller transforms a conventional infrared toaster oven into an effective reflow oven that ensures thermal control. The EVB87 evaluation board provides an on-chip analog-to-digital converter, LCD, push buttons, and an ample supply of RAM and program memory. The simple, streamlined design required adding just two small circuits, a thermocoupler interface, and a driver for an external relay to turn on and off the reflow oven. And the best part is that the SMT Reflow Oven Controller cost hundreds of dollars less to build than traditional reflow ovens.

Robert Lacoste
France
rlacoste@alciom.com

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