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FWIW soldering SMD is much easier and more pleasant than through-hole :) The difference is that it takes some small amount of learned technique and just slightl
by AnthonBerg 11y ago
FWIW soldering SMD is much easier and more pleasant than through-hole :) The difference is that it takes some small amount of learned technique and just slightly more equipment - namely liquid flux.
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- e12e 11y agoDepends on the size of the components though. I got to take a short SMD soldering course while I was in the military. And down to a certain size, it is indeed easy. But as miniaturization continues, and some point manually placing components becomes really hard - much like working with clocks.
- AnthonBerg 11y agoTrue! But two things save us and make DIY SMD reasonable: - With practice we can go down to surprisingly small components. It's less about precision work and more about having an intuition about heat flow and surface tension which let the components align themselves. - When components are too small or simply impossible (or it is beyond my knowledge) to solder with an iron, we can always just use an oven :) Which is entirely reasonable to do either at home / in the garage as they can be build very cheaply, or locally at a friend's or a fab-lab type deal.
- janekm 11y agoTry tacky flux, much nicer still...