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Some BGAs are possible with the right size shims and a hot-air gun (even a cheap £20 gas iron with hot-air tip has worked in the past). Debugging/QA is utterly
by shabble 15y ago
Some BGAs are possible with the right size shims and a hot-air gun (even a cheap £20 gas iron with hot-air tip has worked in the past).
Debugging/QA is utterly impossible though (since it generally involves x-rays), so if it doesn't work, you get to start over.
- sliverstorm 15y agoYup, I totally want to try my hand at it sometime, but the complete lack of debug/qa seems critical enough I wouldn't ever claim to be "able to do bga". Settle for "I did a bga once".
- bisrig 15y agoOr a toaster oven and reflow controller a la the Sparkfun board (though a bunch of other hobbyist folks have done the same or similar). Agree on the debugging part though.