On Friday 02 September 2005 04:20 am, Chen Xiao Fan scribbled: > I think 0805/0603/0402 and SOIC, SSOP and SOT stuff are not > so difficult after some trying. Magnifying glass or > ... Wow, I'd be quite happy if I can get to solder 1206 devices. I just got a couple boards with some of those pads, so I'll be experimenting with those soon. > ... Luckily we only need > to deal with this in very few cases. I'd like to make this a science rather than an art, so I could do this repeatedly as well as I do DIP's. Cheers, -Neil. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist