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Soldering Surface Mount Devices - for the average joe

Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 6:26 pm
by GartnerProspect
http://curiousinventor.com/guides/Surfa ... dering/101

Found this the other day when I was debating how much trouble a 80pin QFP would be to solder by hand. Gave me a 'no sweat' attitude and hope it does the same for you. Can't wait to get home and try it out!

Re: Soldering Surface Mount Devices - for the average joe

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:49 pm
by Fred
Good video :-) I saw one of the wiping/floating technique on youtube :

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wQXhny3R7lk

Worth a watch also.

I tried it and with no flux and no fancy stuff AT ALL, I could do 0.8mm pitch, but had trouble with 0.5mm. I had no wick to clean up with though. With wick, I could have fixed the small mistakes. It will be cool to do a hand made SMD board later when Cam or Tony or someone designs a nice one for us. I look forward to it :-)

Re: Soldering Surface Mount Devices - for the average joe

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:56 pm
by GartnerProspect
I'm teetering on going mostly surface mount on my next board and doing it all by hand. I think it's the only way I'll have enough room for everything!

Re: Soldering Surface Mount Devices - for the average joe

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 6:44 pm
by Fred

Solder article / video / solder paste source

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 12:39 pm
by jharvey
http://www.zianet.com/erg/ShopSolderPaste.html

He has some nice video's recommending how to use it. My personal preference is to use the paste and an iron, but that's mostly because I'm impatient. Ever since I started using the paste, I haven't been able to go back, and go back I mean to through hole, or SMT w/ solder wire. It makes it so easy if you can get good paste.