31 Jan
2014
31 Jan
'14
1:53 a.m.
On 01/30/2014 04:58 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
Yes, I can solder my own SMT parts. That's not a
limiting factor.
I just did a small board with PCB-pool. Nice people, modest cost.
One interesting thing they offered that I should have taken them up
on but did not is a free solder stencil. Instead I did the soldering
by hand, with wire solder. I?m not doing that again, not at 0.5 mm
lead pitch. Perhaps I should have used some of the liquid flux I
have, but that?s water-clean stuff rather than no-clean and I didn?t
want to deal with that.
Next time I?ll know better.
I do that pretty often--small-gauge wire solder, iron with a broad tip
and solder wick. Works just fine on 0.5mm QFPs.
--Chuck