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Subject: Re: Opinions on surface mounting
From: "paulhaneberg" <phaneber@...>
Date: 2002-05-08
I would just as soon not have to solder SMDs myself. I'm probably
one of the older farts in this group and my eyesight is not as good
as it was and I can't quite hold a soldering iron as still as I used
to be able to either. I do have one of those nice big magnifier
lights and a good soldering iron so perhaps I could do it, but I've
never tried and I really don't want to bugger an expensive chip in
trying to learn how. I'd rather pay the extra $30, or have the SMD
presoldered. I'll still buy the module if I have to solder the SMD
myself. I just would rather not.