RE: Shaky hands and precision soldering do not mix

michaelwylie — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:22:21 GMT

That's a nice setup, I like it. You've got enough there to be dangerous (it's a North American expression).

RE: Shaky hands and precision soldering do not mix

michaelwylie — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 05:50:22 GMT

I solder almost exclusively under a microscope because of stuff like this. Advice for soldering leads to that? It's really ambitious and it makes me anxious just to think about it. I can just imagine getting one wire on and it falling off while doing the next one.

What I think you'll need:

Dentist's Tools - you know, the thing they scrape plaque off your teeth with. If you don't have one, a sewing needle or the tip of very fine tipped tweezers will work.

Hot Air Station - narrow tipped

Microscope - as mentioned above.

While looking under microscope:

1. Use the dentist's tools or equivalent to put paste on the pads and thermal ground. Just dip the tip into the paste then touch the pad.

2. Put the chip in place

3. Hold the chip in place lightly with the dentist's tools while applying a very low flow from the hot air gun. Use an appropriate temperature for your paste. Careful to heat the chip and not the tools. I.e. don't burn yourself. You obviously can't use the sewing needle for this, so I hope you have either the dentist tool or the tweezers.

4. Remove heat, then the dentist's tool.

RE: Shaky hands and precision soldering do not mix

DAB — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:42:56 GMT

Just wait until your eyesight fails and you get arthritis in your hands.

That's when you know its time to let others do these kinds of things.

DAB