Sandy,
What kind of soldering station do you have now?
How about $5 to put you in SMD capable soldering set up? Or maybe $10
outside, the cost of a proper tip if you have a heat controlled station now.
750 tips would do it, with the narrow end suited to 1206 pads.
73,
Stuart
K5KVH
41 SMT related posts in the last couple of days. Wow! Looks like we've
beaten it to death.
Time to let this thread rest. :-)
73, Eric WA6HHQ
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Ok, folks - this is off topic, but since y'all have been a font of knowledge
about kit building, I thought I would try this question...
How hard is SMT soldering, really? I've been lusting after the TAPR Software
Defined Radio kit,(http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/Fdsp10.html) but it's majority
Richard,
SMT work requires some parts handling techniques and a few pieces of extra
equipment if one is to be successful. If you are going to be building
electronic equipment, it is something you may want to persue.
The first thing needed is to develop a gentle hand with the tweezers to
SMT work requires ... a few pieces of extra
equipment if one is to be successful
One useful piece of 'extra equipment' is a vacuum
cleaner with a piece of nylon stocking stretched over
the nozzle.
Then instead of spending 30 minutes on your hands and
knees looking for the SMD component that
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Subject: [Elecraft] OT: SMT kits?
Ok, folks - this is off topic, but since y'all have been a font of knowledge
about kit building, I thought I would try this question...
How hard is SMT soldering, really? I've been lusting after the TAPR
I would *never* buy any kit that requires more than an item or two of SMT
work. SMT construction is specifically designed *only* for machine
assembly. IMO, any SMT kit must come with almost all the SMT components
pre-assembled to the PC boards to be acceptable.
I'm not against SMT. In fact, I
Mike,
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: SMT kits?
I would *never* buy any kit that requires more than an item or two of
SMT
work. SMT construction is specifically
Lesee... The design of clocks, especially mechanical watches, has always
fascinated me. I built a 24-inch long model of the USS Constitution once
with about half a jillion tiny knots in the rigging, all done by hand using
tweezers.
With that background, I simply found the advent of SMC's
G'day,
I would *never* buy any kit that requires more than an item or two of
SMT
work. SMT construction is specifically designed *only* for machine
assembly. IMO, any SMT kit must come with almost all the SMT components
pre-assembled to the PC boards to be acceptable.
Well I guess through
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From: Mike Morrow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 11:34 am
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: SMT kits?
SMT construction is specifically designed *only* for machine
assembly. IMO, any SMT kit must come with almost all the SMT
componentspre-assembled
Actually, I find surface mount components much easier to replace in most
cases than through hole parts. Especially when you are prototyping and you
have to change components often. No holes to clean out, no plate throughs to
damage, no leads to clip. Once you get used to the size of the parts and
!!)
Big smile ;^)
73,
Sandy W5TVW
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| With all due respect to those of us who have to squint ever harder to see
| what
Now that Wayne Burdick has a great idea. An introductory kit to SMT
devices. That is why I like Elecraft. Thinking folks.
As the cordinator for a build day for our local radio club, I embarked
upon a small inexpensive kit search that would give our novice builders the
biggest
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: SMT kits?
One reason I don't care with SMD stuff, is the cost
Who needs an expensive soldering station for SMT? I've built a couple of
SMT projects with a standard soldering station (using a fine tip)with no
problem. If one looks for excuses, one can find them, and never do or learn
anything new! There are many cheap and easy tricks for SMT work, if one
Richard, I already sent you my comments directly
as you requested, but feel I should respond to some of the
comments posted here.
By way of background, the only SMT parts I had used
previously were mounting 5 SMT caps on an Inrad roofing filter
kit for my Orion. That went well
A trick that I learned was to take a long piece of solid bell wire
or hookup wire (copper) about 6- 8 inches long. Remove the insulation
and wrap a coil around your soldering iron tip. Bring the last bit of
wire out, parallel to the axix of the soldering iron. Plug the iron, in,
let the wire
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| Who needs an expensive soldering station for SMT? I've built a couple of
| SMT projects with a standard soldering station (using a fine tip)with no
| problem. If one looks
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