On Apr 19, 11:37 am, Sebastien Lelong <[email protected]> wrote: > > You're right, you can ! I wish I could. > I once tried to solder one FTDI chip... well... I could post some photos, > but basically it now looks like a resistor :) >
Hi Seb, I put off trying this myself for years. My first attempts looked bad too, until I watched some of those tutorial videos at Sparkfun. For me, solder wick was the main point I had overlooked -- just tack down one corner pin - keep fiddling until you see all of the other pins lining up correctly. Then slap the solder on, then wick off all of the shorts (solder bridges). A friend gave me a pair of Optivisors which help too. My hands are big, clumsy, and stiff, yet I managed it. Is it production quality- no, but plenty good enough for hobby use. Besides, Wouter and others offer little modules with the difficult parts already soldered and tested. Also the complete boards are available for reasonable (IMO) cost from Wouter, Olimex, Sparkfun among others. Microchip has some nice dev boards too, for example the dsPICDEM / DM300019 with a bunch of plugins which allow trying out all sorts of different cpus. http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/tutorials.php http://www.doneganoptical.com/optivisor.php William -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jallib" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jallib?hl=en.
