I bought a stereo microscope some days before and I agree with Bob. I
keep building non-RF projects the classical way (through hole) but if it
comes to radio frequency I prefer SMD since high frequency is easier to
handle. Can you tinker with the idea of buying a stereo microscope? It's
absolute fun to easily solder those miniature parts!
Volker - DF9PL
Am 08.02.2013 01:15, schrieb Robert Darlington:
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Don Latham<d...@montana.com> wrote:
through hole forever :-)
Don of the old hands and blurred vision :-)
ewkehren
I grew out of thru-hole about 10 years ago. My nearly 40 year old eyes
have trouble reading the numbers on 0603 parts for the past few years, but
it's amazingly easy under a stereo microscope. Much faster to stuff boards
with surface mount parts since I don't need to keep flipping them over and
cutting leads. Even folks with very shaky hands can solder up tiny surface
mount parts. The brain is an amazing PID controller. Using a microscope
at 30x means your hands shake at about 1/30th of what they did before.
-Bob
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