[sdiy] SMD soldering by hand [was: dual "VCA" chip]

[Seb Francis]

Seb Francis wrote:
>
> I've not found anything yet, even fine pitched packages, that can't be 
> soldered by hand with a normal soldering iron and the right technique 
> (BGAs excluded!).

Actually, I would go further and say that fine pitched packages (e.g. 
less than 1.27mm pitch) are actually quicker to solder than the bigger 
stuff as you don't have to solder each pin individually, but rather can 
just run the loaded iron over all the pins (flux is the key).

http://burnit.co.uk/sdiy/index.php?page=4xd&subpage=soldering

Seb