I also would like to prototype BGA's.
.review of the (dirt cheap) Aoyue hot air station
http://www.picbasic.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7948A hot plate may also work.
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/present.php?p=Reflow%20SkilletNorm
----- Original Message -----
From: electronut
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 1:52 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] BGA Soldering: Hot air rework station
Recently, I started making electronic circuits as a hobby and now
I want to do more complex stuff like FPGAs.
For that I need to solder BGAs. I'm considering buying a hot air
rework station. So far I'm looking at either
Aoyue 968 http://www.aoyue.com/en/ArticleShow.asp?ArticleID=359
or
Aoyue 99∗ http://www.aoyue.com/en/ArticleShow.asp?ArticleID=375
The first one has a digital display and a soldering iron while the
other one has a manipulator.
I already have a good quality soldering iron. Do you think the
manipulator would be more useful ?
The goal is to be able to build prototypes with BGAs (maybe up to
500 pins). I only need to build like two boards a year for myself,
and I am not concerned about the time it takes, as long as I can be
reasonably sure that it will work.
Or maybe, I should make a temp controlled toaster oven and
dispense with the rework station already.
Could someone with more experience share their advices ?
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