On 3/3/2014 12:36 PM, Tamas Rudnai wrote:
> Also 10Fxxx are good for hobbyists / small businesses as the SOT-23-6 can
> be still hand soldered if needed while a ball grid would be quite difficu=
lt
> to impossible to do so.

I soldered a 484 BGA with no more than a $100 hot air station, so I=20
would say it's not doing hobbyists any favors to continue saying SMT is=20
impossible for non-robots.

The issue is really the need for many layers, my PCB in the above case=20
was 6. So I would agree that large BGAs are not hobbyist friendly.
"hobbyist" has many wavelengths though.

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Martin K
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