Yeah, that's actually how I do it.  But sometimes you have to rework a part,
hence the pad tinning.  It's just too much time and work to reflow a board
for one part when it's double sided.  :-)


On 11/22/06, Vitaliy <piclist.account@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Shawn Wilton wrote:
> > I've had no problem doing 0603 components reliably.  It gets difficult
> > when
> > you try QFN parts.  Those require a stencil and must be reflowed, or put
> > the
> > heat gun to them.  Something I've found that works for me is pre-tinning
> > the
> > pads on the board so you can apply the part, put heat to the pin and it
> > should wick the solder up the pin giving you a satisfactory joint.
>
> Have you tried baking your PCBs, instead of hand-soldering? We use a
> regular
> $20 toaster oven at work, and it works perfectly for prototypes and single
> boards. Sure beats soldering SSOPs by hand. :)
>
> Best regards,
>
> Vitaliy
>
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