http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NN7UGWYmBY Good video, Goes over the basics of soldering SMD chips. They use flux a lot to help clean and direct the solder where to go as many carry the solder on the hot tip to the smd component and the built in rosin usually boils away.
Gary K8IZ On 1/2/2012 7:32 AM, andy pugh wrote: > I have some surface-mount opto-sensors which have pads on the > underside, but no pins as such. > Can anyone suggest how to solder them to PCB pads? I currently have a > soldering iron, blowtorch, gas cooker and a hairdryer, though I am not > averse to buying other tools. > -- Gary Fiber K8IZ GROL PG-19-6691 with shipboard radar endorsement Washington State resident ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
