On 4/20/2018 11:26 AM, Mia Magnusson wrote: > Den Fri, 20 Apr 2018 08:12:14 -0400 skrev David Wood > <jbevren@gmail.com>: > > In my (antiquated) experience, soldering SMD is mostly a question of > having really good microscope, preferable a stereo microscope. Of > course you also need some reasonable soldering tools but that is'nt > that critical. > > I used to work at a place that had good streo microscopes. At that > time, about 20 years ago, those cost about 20000 SEK, about €2000, in > that times money value. Today I'm sure there are electronic ways to > make this far cheaper though. Actually, amscope.com has a nice stereo scope for not much money. I am a satisfied buyer. Looks like $399 US will get you into one: http://www.amscope.com/7x-45x-binocular-stereo-boom-microscope-ring-light.html I picked up a trinocular/144LED light/3MP USB camera for about $150 more, both those things are not required. > > I think that you would want both a small enough soldering iron and also > some kind of hot air thing. Hot air is good for desoldering and > soldering small 2/3 pin components and solder most legs of an IC while > the small soldering iron is good for soldering the first few pins of an > IC before using hot air to solder the rest. Hot air is good to have, though cheap hot air stations are ~80. I agree a nice station is a must. I swear by my Metcal 500, which I picked up used, but my Weller WESD51 was doing fine SMT work up until I got the Metcal. The Weller is ~$100 new. I would say you can do anything short of BGA with $500 of equipment. JimReceived on 2018-04-20 21:00:05
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