On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak<k...@familieknaak.de> wrote:
>
> Avoid small tips.  Soldering is so much easier if the tip is short and
> broad. Its all about heat flow. A small tip has a hard time to heat a pad
> connected to a ground plane. Use the largest tip that fits between the
> pins. 3.5mm is good for 0805 SMD parts.
>

Well said.  Tiny tips and tiny solder are the wrong approach.

Regards,
Mark
markra...@gmail
-- 
Mark Rages, Engineer
Midwest Telecine LLC
markra...@midwesttelecine.com


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