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Oh man, the soldering job on this _hurts_ me, and I've done a lot of hand-soldered 0201/QFN stuff. If you're reading this, _never_ thin out your solder paste w
by aappleby 3y ago
Oh man, the soldering job on this _hurts_ me, and I've done a lot of hand-soldered 0201/QFN stuff.
If you're reading this, _never_ thin out your solder paste with flux. You're better off dabbing tiny bits of it onto the individual pads with a toothpick than letting it ooze everywhere and get under your components causing shorts.
If I were soldering this board by hand without a stencil, I'd use solder paste and hot air reflow only on the ground pads of the CPU, the PMIC, and maybe the inductors next to the PMIC. Everything else I would be able to do faster by flooding the board with paste flux and drag-soldering all the pads with a solder-wetted hoof tip (There are some great videos on Youtube for professional drag-soldering).
And when you're done, scrub with a toothbrush and distilled water, rinse in more distilled water, soak in a small puddle of denatured alcohol for a few minutes, then dry with gentle hot air.
- Eisenstein 3y ago> then dry with gentle hot air. Do this in another room than the bin of alcohol is in.
- severino 3y ago> Everything else I would be able to do faster by flooding the board with paste flux and drag-soldering all the pads with a solder-wetted hoof tip About this, could you recommend some brands for the tools, both for the iron, and also for the paste flux? Thanks!
- lloydatkinson 3y agoYou're right, what the hell is this? https://imgur.com/m9Hgm30 https://imgur.com/m9Hgm30