What (metric) size have you managed to hand-solder ?

When it comes to electronics solder/repair, there's a very good reason why we have pick and place machines, and ovens to effectively bake our hardware. However if you're in a pinch and don't have this kit available, you're often forced to do it yourself by hand, frankly the sizes of some of this kit require a microscope!

Still, what is the smallest size (in metric) that you've managed to solder yourself by hand?

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Jan Cumps over 5 years ago

also down to imperial 0402 (1005 metric). Barely.
I can do QFN with / without center plane.
I haven't done BGA yet

To practice, I desolder components from waste PCBs and place them back. Focusing on improving solder skills. Not on getting things working again.
It's a good opportunity to try out different options without breaking the bank.
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Problemchild over 5 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

Very sensible all this tidly stuff is expensive or at least the most difficult components are and you really need to have your method off pat before starting on the real boards with the real small pads and expensive chips ..practice practice practice ;-)
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Problemchild over 5 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

Very sensible all this tidly stuff is expensive or at least the most difficult components are and you really need to have your method off pat before starting on the real boards with the real small pads and expensive chips ..practice practice practice ;-)
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