9 Sep
2013
9 Sep
'13
1:43 p.m.
On Sep 9, 2013, at 1:29 PM, Mouse <mouse at rodents-montreal.org> wrote:
Yes and no.
It's the same basic skill. But someone who can pretty much mostly
solder OK but, let's say, creates a bad joint 1% of the time has a
pretty good chance of making the small board work first time, and
probably has a decent chance of finding and fixing the bad joint if
there's an issue.
True. But a lot of people already have much of that and don't mind
picking up the rest.
Different solutions for different people....
I also think that Tony's comparison is a bit bogus. If someone has put
together the design, it's likely the case that they'll also provide the binaries
or even pre-programmed parts. It's not unlike someone providing the raw
PCBs.
I think a more accurate description for Tony's comparison is that for the
100 DIP board, the person would only get the Gerber (and related) files and
they'd have to get the PCB built.
TTFN - Guy
But I went for small size and ease of reproducability
by multiple
different skill sets. My board has two DIPs on it [...]
If you can solder well
enough to fit 2 DIPs (and associated
components, I gurss), then you can solder 100 DIPs. It's the same
skill. 100 lines
of C on an ATMEL AVR.
But to built the AVR solution you need the C compiler,
something that
can run the C compiler, the AVR programmer (or JTAG cable, perhaps),
something to run the software for that, etc.