Thanks for the answers all. I'd love it if you could put me in touch with your guy Jerry, I'm kinda under the gun for a client project and while I love doing this stuff myself, this might not be the right place to put the time I've got left. Otherwise I'll give Eriks approach a shot.
Sidenote: even though I moved away from Portland a few years ago (just up the road to Seattle) this list and its archive is still one of my go-to sources. Makes me miss pdx. On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Jerry Biehler <[email protected]> wrote: > I think a syringe dispenser with a tiny tip is going to be better than > smearing and hoping. > > I might be able to put you in touch with the guy that hand solders our > prototypes and does rework. I bet he would put that chip on there pretty > cheap. > > -Jerry > > > On Mar 12, 2015, at 8:55 AM, Joshua Noble <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm trying to put together a board that has an NRF905 as its primary > component. It came back from OSHPark in pretty good shape, albeit with a > slightly oddly shaped pads, but making a stencil for it has proved > impossible. I've found places that offer metal QFN32 solder masks but > elsewhere I've read that people have just put a thin layer of paste over > all the pads and relied on the top solder mask of the board to keep pins > from bridging. I don't want to ruin the board and one of my NRF905s without > a seeking some wisdom first. Has anyone successfully done this without a > stencil? Any tips or tricks or words of warning? > > > > I'd send a picture of the pad but I don't have a macro lens for a camera > so it's very difficult to see. Many thanks in advance for any suggestions, > > > > > > -- > > joshua noble > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber > _______________________________________________ > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > [email protected] > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber > -- joshua noble http://thefactoryfactory.com
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