From: Bob Blick <bobblick@outlook.com>
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Subject: [EE] Hand soldering fine pitch packages
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What I describe may already be a common practice, but it's something I've j=
ust recently started doing.

When hand soldering an IC, something like a 0.5mm pitch LQFP, I would usual=
ly tack a couple of pins down, maybe brush on a little liquid flux, solder =
the rest of the pins as best I could, then clear all the shorts and even th=
e soldering out with solder wick. Then clean the flux off and inspect.

But lately what I do is skip the soldering part, just go straight to the so=
lder wick. The wick needs to have some solder on it. In other words, apply =
the solder with the product meant to remove solder.

Anyway, I've found it to be faster and cleaner, and uses less solder and le=
ss solder wick.

And, of course, buy the most expensive solder wick you can find.

Cheers,
Bob
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