Re: [ATM] soldering SMPs

["Thomas A. Moulton" <tom@moulton.us>]

> fundo@bellsouth.net wrote:
>> From: Dominic-Luc Webb <dlwebb@canit.se>
>>
>>> Anyone here have experience with soldering very small SMP
>>> devices? Solder points are 1.5 mm apart.
>>
>> Dominic,  My soldering pencil has interchangeable tips, one is a chisel
>> tip that is only about 2 mm in diameter.  I filed it down further when I
>> was repairing some small electronics a few years ago.  Worked just fine.
>>
>> Be sure to "tin" the tip after you file it down.  More than anything,
>> you need a steady hand!  Clamp a heat sink on the lead if there is room.
>
> I finished an Artemis CCD camera kit last year, including some very
> small surface mount devices.
>
> A small bit and plenty of magnification helps a lot. Also fine desolder
> braid so when you get too much solder bridging pins you can wick up the
> excess. One technique for soldering ICs is to flood the pins with
> solder, then use the braid to remove the excess, just leaving solder
> under the pins.
>
> Chris

LOW HEAT - Too much heat for too long uses up all the "blue smoke"

tom
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