On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Mike Wirth <
mwirth@...> wrote:
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> ∗Solder resist:∗
>
> On commercial boards, I gotten used to (lazy? :-) having solder resist over
> the copper, especially to help prevent bridging between the 0.5mm spacing
> pins. Any solution here
If the pins are 0.5mm or finer, you're better off not having solder mask.
Have a look in section 3.7.2 of this doc:
http://www.atmel.com/images/atmel-8826-seeprom-pcb-mounting-guidelines-surface-mount-packages-applicationnote.pdfAs far as soldering it goes, I'd go for lots of liquid flux.
> Won't have a stencil in this case, but could hand paint the resist.
You can make your own stencil thus:
http://lowpowerlab.com/blog/2013/02/11/diy-smd-metal-stencils-the-definitive-tutorial/ > Sorry for being such a newbie, but since I'm so short on time
Mike, welcome to the group. You're certainly not coming across as a
newbie! Hope you have fun here. If you get stuck over the next few
days, holler and we'll laugh. Oops, I mean help!
Mitch.