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.
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Re: Opinions on surface mounting
2002-05-08 by paulhaneberg