Prologix wrote: > Another option is to cook the boards in a skillet. > http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/present.php?p=Reflow%20Skillet > > While John may be brave enough to hand solder BGA I am not :-) > Shorts can be easily detected with x-ray, but opens can be quite difficult > to spot. > > If you do endup hand soldering BGA, this is a good tool to check shorts and > opens. That is, if the part is JTAG enabled. > http://www.macraigor.com/jscan.htm > > Not necessarily much use in checking if some power or ground pins/balls are open circuit. Also of little use with analog inputs.
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