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1. That's racist. 2. They make money off it - thus higher value equipment. Definitely not a $10 soldering iron. 3. Building from scratch is about 100x easier
by JAlexoid 6y ago
1. That's racist.
2. They make money off it - thus higher value equipment. Definitely not a $10 soldering iron.
3. Building from scratch is about 100x easier and less error prone with through hole construction, than SMD. Soldering onto an existing PCB is not an issue at all here.
4. When you can't afford to scrap a $4 MCU, because you overheated it with your $5 soldering iron - DIP package can be mounted into a special socket. SMD - cannot.
- numpad0 6y ago1) I said Chinese because not many people with other nationalities do PCB repairs on iPhone. People who aren’t trained by Chinese repair ... artists? are exceptionally rare. 2) 3) https://hackaday.com/2016/10/10/ne555s-smd-prototyping-is-a-work-of-art/ https://hackaday.com/2016/10/10/ne555s-smd-prototyping-is-a-... https://twitter.com/idzuna_tan/status/741895788469485569 https://twitter.com/idzuna_tan/status/741895788469485569 https://mitxela.com/projects/soldering_msop https://mitxela.com/projects/soldering_msop 4) https://www.adafruit.com/product/1280 https://www.adafruit.com/product/1280 0.65mm is def doable, 0602 caps are hard, below or BGA needs microscope but only from there you need proper equipments
- JAlexoid 6y agoYou just linked me to a $49 part... Are you on a mission to prove that you're completely incapable of understanding that that is an insurmountable amount of money for billions of people? As for your racism - OH BOY!.. (eyeroll)