This project shows my preferred setup and the tricks that make the process run smooth.
Toaster oven reflow kit.
Toaster oven reflow soldering bga.
X toaster is a reflow oven controller specifically designed to convert any normal toaster oven into a reflow oven.
Picture of the premo profile off our 2300 reflow oven.
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Doing solder reflow work can be expensive and difficult but thankfully there exists a simple and elegant solution.
X toaster is a controller board designed to convert any common toaster oven into an smt reflow oven.
It contains everything needed for an oven conversion and is more adequate for frequent lead free reflow sessions and for day by day professional and semi.
Sputter is when the solder paste heats unevenly and little pockets of flux and liquid carrier boil out of it with a pop splashing microscopic dots of solder around the joint.
This is the standard x toaster package kit.
Toaster oven reflow controllers have been done before many times for example 1 and 2.
Sold in a kit.
This is the deluxe x toaster package kit.
It has a touch screen graphical display.
Instead of buttons and dedicated display it should use usb port for setting the temperature profile and monitoring the temperature if needed.
The deluxe kit is shipped with the high power heatsink and a quality 5v 1a power supply.
X toaster board assembled and tested k type thermocouple with fiberglass sleeve rated for 250 c.
Since you will be cooking some nasty things inside your oven you are going to need a dedicated oven for your reflow soldering do not cook food in your reflow oven.
The heart of the system is an atmel atxmega128 which can be reprogrammed by the user through the onboard pdi connector.
By the way this reflow oven didn t work.
I wanted to make a simple and cheap controller that wouldn t use outdated parts.
If you have an unused oven lying around you can try to use it before going out and buy a new one but if you need to get a new oven there are some things to keep in mind when choosing it to buy the best you can for your job.
You should bake it using what is known in the trade as a reflow oven profile which is a temperature curve designed to minimise bad effects such as sputter.
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It can drive two external ssr to enable control of the heaters and if present the oven fan.
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The kit contains everything you need for a fast and easy toaster oven reflow conversion.