Roman Black wrote: > Tal Bejerano - AMC wrote: >> >> well... I thought we do some regular soldering work here..not a NASA >> experiments :-) >> I'm sure there is a simple solution ... > > > There IS a very easy (and cheap!) way to do this, > which we discovered thanks to Alexandre G and the > temp curve info he so kindly supplied. > > We use a typical cheap toaster oven with no fans, > and position the boards about 1" over the > elements, on the standard slide-out rack that > comes with the oven. This solders about a 2" max > "depth" area of the board as it has to be over > the bar element. For larger areas you need a fan > oven which costs a bit more. [snip] Roman, how do you deposit the solder paste over the board's SMD pads? Wagner. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads