On September 19, 2010 06:00:35 pm [email protected] wrote: > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 05:01:25PM -0400, Tim E. Real wrote: > > Send it to me! I'll do it! > > Replacing 100+ pins SM ICs by hand is something we specialized in every > > day for many years in our repair shop. > > When you can't afford high priced rework stations, you learn to do > > without. > > > > A Sony technician taught us one method in our arsenal: > > When soldering, just go nuts with soldering all the pins, don't worry > > about bridges. Then you use solder wick to remove all the bridges. Then > > do some fine touch-ups with the iron. This method worked quite well in > > many cases. A fine dental pick or equivalent tool helps, to run in > > between the pins as you are touching up with the iron. > > Good to know ! > > When I was working at Alcatel there were some ladies in the > electronics workshop specialised in this sort of operations - > replacing SMD components, destroyed by the developers, on > prototype PCBs. They could also solder cables onto 19-pin > Lemo connectors without melting them, and perform other sorts > of miracles. They won my eternal admiration - I get nervous > when I have to solder an XLR-3M. > > Ciao, He he. Yes, small things require a certain mechanical aptitude, steady hands, and sometimes nerves of steel. Oh, and a good head-mounted magnifier. Some folks just aren't comfortable and get very nervous.
Did you ever see that famous guy who crafts extremely small scenes inside the eye of a needle? (On YouTube). That's pressure! Tim. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
