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Honestly though, SMD is not that difficult once you learn the technique. If you can handle screen-printing a t-shirt, you can handle the hardest part of doing
by mmjaa 10y ago
Honestly though, SMD is not that difficult once you learn the technique. If you can handle screen-printing a t-shirt, you can handle the hardest part of doing SMD properly: using a mask/screen to deposit solder paste onto the PCB is just as simple as a screen-print for t-shirts, and once that is done its just a matter of having a patient hand for parts placement, stick it in the oven, and off you go .. a lot easier than you might think, at first.
- Animats 10y agoIf you have a stencil printer, yes. Simple SMT stencil printers for unframed stencils are unreasonably expensive.[1][2] I'd been using TechShop's SMT equipment, which is junk. It's getting better since I got a Puhui T-962 oven with all the mods to make it sort of work. I've gone lead-free, which makes it tougher. But I keep getting solder bridges between pins. [1] http://www.stencilsunlimited.com/protoprint-e-manual-smt-stencil-printer-p-634.html http://www.stencilsunlimited.com/protoprint-e-manual-smt-ste... [2] http://www.smtsolderpaste.com/product-list.php?SMT-Stencil-Printers-pg1-cid4.html http://www.smtsolderpaste.com/product-list.php?SMT-Stencil-P...