Comments on: Hand-soldering MSOP Parts http://studionebula.com/blog/2009/02/17/hand-soldering-msop-parts Adam Schabtach's Blog Fri, 18 May 2012 21:06:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: adam http://studionebula.com/blog/2009/02/17/hand-soldering-msop-parts/comment-page-1#comment-2278 adam Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:13:21 +0000 http://studionebula.com/blog/2009/02/17/hand-soldering-msop-parts#comment-2278 It's an original design. Futurlec's service is way more expensive, at least for one-off boards, so I don't see why I'd use it rather than BatchPCB.com. I use a Luxo lamp with a magnifier built into it. It has a lens that's about five inches in diameter so it's pretty comfortable to work with. It’s an original design.
Futurlec’s service is way more expensive, at least for one-off boards, so I don’t see why I’d use it rather than BatchPCB.com.
I use a Luxo lamp with a magnifier built into it. It has a lens that’s about five inches in diameter so it’s pretty comfortable to work with.

]]> By: david http://studionebula.com/blog/2009/02/17/hand-soldering-msop-parts/comment-page-1#comment-2277 david Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:03:08 +0000 http://studionebula.com/blog/2009/02/17/hand-soldering-msop-parts#comment-2277 nice work. is this an original design? i'm looking for something like that myself... have you looked into http://www.futurlec.com/PCBService.shtml for pcb production? i get my prototype's done there. and i know what you mean about eyes over 40. i'm not too comfortable with magnifying glasses, so i usually end up with my glasses off and my face about 3 inches from the board... good luck with the rest of the project. david nice work. is this an original design? i’m looking for something like that myself…
have you looked into http://www.futurlec.com/PCBService.shtml for pcb production? i get my prototype’s done there.
and i know what you mean about eyes over 40. i’m not too comfortable with magnifying glasses, so i usually end up with my glasses off and my face about 3 inches from the board…
good luck with the rest of the project.
david

]]> By: adam http://studionebula.com/blog/2009/02/17/hand-soldering-msop-parts/comment-page-1#comment-2275 adam Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:36:35 +0000 http://studionebula.com/blog/2009/02/17/hand-soldering-msop-parts#comment-2275 I don't put solder directly on the pads for ICs. Once they're positioned, I tack them in place by touching leads on opposite corners with the soldering iron. The flux and the residual solder on the iron tip are enough to make the chip stay in place. After that I do what's called "drag soldering"; basically you lay the solder along all the pins on one side of the chip and run the iron tip along them. The solder melts and flows under the pins. If there's excess solder (there usually is) you remove it either with a dry iron tip or desoldering braid.Most of what I know about SMT soldering I learned from <a href="http://www.bdmicro.com/smt/" rel="nofollow">this page</a> on BDMICRO's site. I bought one of the kits for the ATmega128 prototyping board; that was my introduction to both SMT soldering and the ATmega series of microcontrollers.Sorry, the MIDI-CV converter's a one-off. I'm smart enough to stay out of the hardware biz. :-) I don’t put solder directly on the pads for ICs. Once they’re positioned, I tack them in place by touching leads on opposite corners with the soldering iron. The flux and the residual solder on the iron tip are enough to make the chip stay in place. After that I do what’s called “drag soldering”; basically you lay the solder along all the pins on one side of the chip and run the iron tip along them. The solder melts and flows under the pins. If there’s excess solder (there usually is) you remove it either with a dry iron tip or desoldering braid.Most of what I know about SMT soldering I learned from this page on BDMICRO’s site. I bought one of the kits for the ATmega128 prototyping board; that was my introduction to both SMT soldering and the ATmega series of microcontrollers.Sorry, the MIDI-CV converter’s a one-off. I’m smart enough to stay out of the hardware biz. :-)

]]> By: Jeff Laity http://studionebula.com/blog/2009/02/17/hand-soldering-msop-parts/comment-page-1#comment-2274 Jeff Laity Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:32:18 +0000 http://studionebula.com/blog/2009/02/17/hand-soldering-msop-parts#comment-2274 Crazy. So do you put solder on the pads and then melt the part into place? I've only attempted this a few times. Whenever I order a bunch of stuff from Mouser, I always screw up at least one of them and get SMT instead of through-hole. So when is your MIDI/CV converter shipping and where can I order? ;) Crazy. So do you put solder on the pads and then melt the part into place? I’ve only attempted this a few times. Whenever I order a bunch of stuff from Mouser, I always screw up at least one of them and get SMT instead of through-hole.

So when is your MIDI/CV converter shipping and where can I order? ;)

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