>No offense intended, but IMNSHO SMT is really not a good reason to
give up
>on DIY. Have you actually tried it? I have; it's not that hard. It's
>actually easier to solder an SMT IC than a through-hole DIP.
>There is a good introduction to hand-soldered SMT here:
>http://www.bdmicro.com/smt/
Just looked at that tutorial. I can only imagine after a long day of
working in front of the computer, with blurry eyes, and after a
Quad-Shot Venti Soy Latte, trying to solder SMT. It would be a pretty
good comedy routine watching all those little chips bouncing on the PCB
like a flea circus. I think Kathryn Hepburn could probably do a better
job of position an SMT capacitor on a PCB than me at 2AM.
Ivan
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