microSD card reflow: quick and dirty PCB with Kicad
jeudi 12 mars 2015 à 16:48Ever wanted to add a lot a flash memory to a small microcontroller? NOR flash or EEPROM are ok, but only for small size. For Gbit range, you need NAND, and with NAND comes CCR, LUT, wearleveling, etc… Furthermore, they are darn expensive in small volume.
SD and microSD card are very interesting: they cost nothing, and you just need a SPI interface as the controller is included.
Last night, I thought: “why not reflow a complete microSD card”, as the card is composed of the same resin as chip casing and pins are flat bellow the microSD card and even golden, fore sure it should not be a problem to bring this to 270°C for 3 min….
Let’s try!
Then let’s create a small board, to try the reflow of a micro SD card and give access with some 2.54mm header.
Lets open Kicad and start with the schematic with Eeschema:
Then PCB new for the board layout:
Let’s submit the gerber files to OSH Park
Total including USPS post mail: 4.10€
That was my fastest board made ever, 1h30 from searching the pinout to the final payment!
See you back in few week for the oven reflow test!