[sdiy] dual "VCA" chip

[Matthew Smith]

Quoth Tim Ressel at 2009-01-04 20:16...
> I have hand soldered 0.5mm parts. But I didn't enjoy it. The hard part for me (besides just seeing the darned thing) is getting the part placed perfectly on the pads and tacked down before my heart beats again and moves it. Sniper training helps ;-)

That is where contact-free soldering comes in.  If you use flux paste 
and heat the board on a hotplate, with hot air, in an oven, etcetera, 
surface tension aligns the chip on the pads.  At least it is supposed to ;-)

Cheers

M


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