On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 2:13 PM, <cs6061@comcast.net> wrote:
Flux is the key to soldering chips. And you can find lots of good SMT soldering videos on youtube.
1206s or 0805s are a good size to start with. Here's my 11yo son soldering 1206s. He'd never soldered before:
http://capnstech.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/playpause-3-assembly-and-programming.html
Me too. If you can get over the mystery, SMT is great.
Mitch.
Soldering smt parts is not all that hard, it helps to have a zoom binocular microscope, a steady hand, a good soldering iron and fine solder with a (RMA) flux.
Flux is the key to soldering chips. And you can find lots of good SMT soldering videos on youtube.
I try and keep my SMT components on the larger side say 0805 or above for resistors and caps. I have done 0603's but they a lot harder to do then 0805's.
1206s or 0805s are a good size to start with. Here's my 11yo son soldering 1206s. He'd never soldered before:
http://capnstech.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/playpause-3-assembly-and-programming.html
I think SMT is actually easier to do the through hole, no leads to bend or clip.
Me too. If you can get over the mystery, SMT is great.
Mitch.