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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Hand solder 28 pin tssop?

From: Alan King <alan@...>
Date: 2005-01-05

Randy Wilson wrote:
>
> One method it to "swamp solder" the part and then wick/suck up the
> excess. Someone has a web site on this, but I can't recall the URL. I
> do it with a hot air re-work station, but I sure miss the days when
> everything came in a DIP. Of course with lead solder going away and
> new alloys coming into play we'll have even more headaches soon.
>


Another vote for this, far faster than trying to do each pin seperately. I
do it with my regular solder sucker, just hold it a little further from the pins
and it leaves just enough solder on the pins and pads.