> Incidentally, I was hand soldering SOT-23-5s the other day. As others have
> mentioned, you'd be amazed what you can do with hand soldering!

Totally agree with that! I have never done it before, but made a 100%
success to solder 6pcs of PIC 10F200 (SOT-23-6). I just put the solder to
the pads before the component, then held the chip with a tweezers and just
melt the solder under each legs by just touching it with the tip of the iron
for no more than 1-2 secs. The whole process is made under a 6x magnifier
glass which is just enough to see everything fine. I would say is a bit less
hassle then the DIP soldering. Amazing :-)

Tamas


On 14/10/06, Marc Nicholas <geekything@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Brusque:
>
> Go to Walmart and buy the cheapest hotplate you can find that goes > 200c.
> Pref 225-250c as a lot of solder paste has a thermal profile that doesn't
> reflow properly until ~210-220c.
>
> I'm using a cheap (CDN$20) hotplate I got at Canadian Tire (Canadian
> discount chain). I also have a Fischer-Scientific lab hotplate with
> ceramic
> plate (even heat distribution), but I'm preferring the hotplate as:
>
> - It doesn't have a magnetic strirrer built-in!!! (Read: I don't really
> like
> cooking SMT/SMD parts next to magnetics)
> - The hotplate has a lipped side -- less chance of accidentally
> side-swiping
> a hot part off of it.
>
> Incidentally, I was hand soldering SOT-23-5s the other day. As others have
> mentioned, you'd be amazed what you can do with hand soldering!
>
> -marc
>
>
> On 10/14/06, brusque@hotpop.com <brusque@hotpop.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> >      at the link bellow, they talk about using an electric hotplate for
> > SMT soldering:
> > http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/ReflowToaster/reflow-hotplate.htm
> >
> >      I'm amazed by this. Seend to be a very cool (well, hot actually
> > <grin>) way to solder SMT boards.
> >
> >      I know that there's some very interesting industrial hotplates with
> > larger and more uniform heating areas and digital heating control.
> >
> >      Is there anybody here using hotplaters for SMT soldering? Any idea
> > where can I buy a good one in Brazil or USA?
> >
> >      Best regards,
> >
> >      Brusque
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