On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 8:55 AM, Ricardo Wurmus <[email protected]> wrote:

> I suggest a wide, flat solder iron tip and lots of flux
> (e.g. “Loethonig”).  0.8-pitch gets easier to solder with a technique
> called drag soldering.  You bathe the connector in thick flux, then
> apply solder to the flat solder iron head, then slowly drag the solder
> ball across all contacts.
>
> The flux prevents the solder ball from fusing adjacent pins.
>
> I really recommend this over a sharp, thin-tipped solder head for narrow
> pitches.

 cool, thanks ricardo.  does anyone else have any recommended
techniques?  there's a huge range of experience on this list.

l.

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