Josh,

Just to clarify my approach, I often solder small stuff pin by pin also, and
used to live in fear that a bridged connection would ruin the part/pcb.
Having solder wick to hand means that you can always recover from a solder
bridge. I hear also that some people use an over-sized iron, flood the pcb
with flux, and 'wipe' solder across the pins. I'm not brave enough to try
this!

Peter


-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
Josh Koffman
Sent: 15 October 2004 13:02
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE]TSSOP for diy'er?

If you have steady enough hands and a super-fine tip, you can solder them
pin by pin. This is how I do it.

Sockets for surfact mount parts are available, but look at spending $40-60
or more on them. It's usually cheaper to ruin 5 chips than it is to buy a
socket. Plus with a little practice, you won't ruin them.


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