How does the manufacturer get such nice soldering when there is SMT and pin hole? A very big oven I assume. John --- "Alan B. Pearce" wrote: > >Interesting. I used hot air to blow aways all kind > of > >components but I also used it to solder some QFN > parts > >(I will say it is quite difficult so no guarantee > of success). > > If going this route, one would normally use an oven > for the soldering > process, rather than hot air. The component then > doesn't get blown around > the board, and all pins get heated at once. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist