Because PCB solder joints are tiny, you may need to use a magnifying lens and a spotlight. Look out for cold, dull, or whitish joints. Are the solders in blue cold solders or something else? They are connected to LEDs and they are glowing dim now, but they used to glow bright when their wires were soldered properly. The others are hard too tell because the. A cold solder joint is one of the most common reliability defects in PCB and PCBA assemblies, and it continues to be a major source of intermittent failures across consumer electronics, industrial controls, medical devices, automotive modules, and aerospace hardware. It can appear visually acceptable on the line, pass a cursory inspection, and still cause intermittent field failures weeks or months later. For production engineers and. Cold solder joints could be the culprit.
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