At 08:04 PM 6/2/2008, you wrote: >Personally I *hate* turning boards over and clipping leads. > >And I'd much rather layout SMD than T/H.
A man after my own heart. 0.5mm and even 0.4mm pin pitch is fine, QFN is doable, but takes patience sadly BGA is a bit beyond the pale for me right now until I get some more gear. Until I started the job I have now I hadn't done any PTH in nearly 15 years - and now I know why! And now I know why we have technicians to assemble prototypes, but none of them can outdo me for speed and accuracy on an 0.5mm PQFP FPGA. If you are going to do a lot of SMT work by hand, then a good stereo microscope and a Metcal MX500 series iron are almost indispensable. John _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
