/challenges-projects/design-challenges/wireless-power-i/b/blog/posts/soldering-the-bq51013The receiver IC is a 20-pin QFN. Although these CAN be soldered by hand (using a lot of flux) I&#39;m very happy to be able my recently bought Atten858D+ hot air soldering station. Monte described his way of work in a previous post, and he&#39;s usin...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/wireless-power-i/b/blog/posts/soldering-the-bq51013Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:04:05 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:3fba3bad-cb42-43b7-9e3f-d2cce4d9f10cDAB1<p>Almost looks like magic.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Have you had any problems with shorts or cold solder joints?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I assume that you pre tinned the pads before you put the part and flux on from the way the solder reacted when it reached its melt point.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Very nice demo.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks </p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=15307&AppID=114&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">