>
> It has been my experience that the general fear of SMT is all in people's
> heads and it's over hyped. It's really not hard at all and once you
> attempt it and succeed, you'll be wondering what all of the fuss was
> about. There's nothing magical about SMT components. They are just chips
> and resistors and caps like you are used to. They are just a bit smaller
> and they just don't have wires attached to them and they simply sit
> directly on the pads. It's no big deal at all.
>
I agree. I'm a complete hack and I can handle most SMT soldering jobs.
The guys at my job do everything by hand for small runs of boards with
exception of BGAs. Though, I've done a few less dense BGAs in my toaster
oven over the years.
Mit
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