> I've started trying to put one of mine together, after buying some new > much pointier tweezers.
Mine are needle tips, and they're still "big" compared to the 01005's. > 0402 is tricky, 0201 is hard but doable, but the 01005 are so small > that it's hard to actually tell if they're still there or not. The first two I did, I used a microscope to place them, then again to inspect afterwards. Even so, I wasn't sure they were in right until I tested the capacitance with the multimeter. If you get them in wrong, they're a nightmare to rework, too. I spent many HOURS getting the first two installed correctly (I had to; I had to make sure the circuit worked!) > The first one disappeared from the tweezers (with a tiny ping). Yup, I hate that sound. Like Steve said, they seem to be quantum devices - one moment they're there, they next moment they're gone. And they're the expensive ones, too, relatively speaking. They're $7.90/100 compared to $1.30/100 for the 0402's. > On my wish/shopping list: better magnifier, finer iron tip, finer > solder. ... bigger parts ;-) I'm sticking with 0402 or bigger from now on. My solder and tip are 0.020, which is much bigger than the 0.008 wide 01005's, but just right for the 0402's. > Anyone have a good way of keeping at least the tiny board still > while working on it? If the board is moving, you're not using a light enough touch. For the first side, I just rested it on the table (on a large piece of white paper ;). For the second side, I tried to find something with a round hole I could put it in so it wouldn't keep tipping when I touched it. Have you tried double sided tape? Also, you can solder wires into the power holes and stick it into a breadboard. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
