Homebrew PCBs

Leon,

   Thanks for details. Can you share the name of the company that 
made the boards? Incidentally, I'm also in UK (London).
   Btw., if you know several good companies in UK (or Europe) that 
do PCBs and/or assembly work, please let us know who they are since 
I think others might be interested.


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Leon" <leon355@...> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andrew" <andrewm1973@...>
> To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 2:48 AM
> Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: BGA Soldering: Hot air rework station
> 
> 
> >> Leon wrote:
> >> <SNIP>
> >> but they were Telit GSM/GPS modules
> >> without real solder balls and they
> >> needed to get a mini-stencil made,
> >> which was rather expensive.
> >
> > Leon, was it the 863 or the 864 ?
> >
> > If it was the 864 - how hobbiest
> > frinedly would you say they are ?
> > (The 863 doesnt look too scarey)
> 
> GE863. As I said, it doesn't actually have solder balls, which 
means that it 
> needs solder paste and a stencil. It's actually a lot harder to 
use than 
> real BGAs.
> 
> Leon
>