On Friday 15 October 2010, Alfa21 wrote: > 2010-10...@15:58 jeremy jozwik > > > yah thats what i was wondering, frying components. but it is surely a > > common technique, this is the first ive seen with a hot plate. most > > use a hot air gun. > > hot air is used to unsolder components for replacement. > hot plate imho is fake
More coverage of various techniques here, including details of the hotplate method. It's the wrong method for reattaching a USB connector and a resistor. http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/tutorial_info.php?tutorials_id=59 _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community