For me, 0805 parts are easier to solder than through hole. The board can lay flat and resistors aren't running away from their spots, there is no wire bending to lock them in place before soldering. SMD soldering is tidier. Plus, when I'm making my prototype PCBs at home, SMD = less drilling. I recently learned how to solder QFN parts with a hot air gun and I'm happy with my results, these parts take very little space and behave better thermally than QFP because of the pad. However, I think it would be impossible to solder it with no short circuits on a homemade PCB - soldermask helps alot.
W dniu poniedziałek, 14 sierpnia 2017 18:47:26 UTC+2 użytkownik gregebert napisał: > > Is anyone here doing their own reflow-based SMT assembly ? > > Every so often I see an intriguing BGA device, but I wont design with it > because I have no way to solder, rework, test, or inspect them. > Despite my age and worsening eyesight, I'm still able to hand-solder 0.5mm > pitch QFP devices, so unless someone has thoroughly wrung-out SMT assembly > in their garage and is willing to provide some tips, I'm sticking with > hand-soldered. > > For those of you who are unsure about hand-soldering SMT parts, the > typical 0805 package is very easy to solder with a good pair of tweezers > and a fine-tip soldering iron. The parts are so much cheaper, take-up less > PCB area, and require far-less storage space that I avoid thru-hole parts > wherever possible. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/02dc4dbc-fc10-4654-8a1e-d5c15b92f0dc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
