Herbert, If you end up needing help, let me know. I've done 100pin flat packs by hand. I can't promise anything, but I could at least try. I think having young hands also helps with this! Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams Herbert Graf wrote: > Well I'll give it a go. I've soldered those very small surface mount > resistor packs by hand, not easy but definitely doable. I don't know if they > are 0.5mm pitch, but they must be pretty close to that pitch. FWIW it's this > kind of work where being nearsighted is a definite advantage. TTYL -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body