- Wed Sep 09, 2020 7:29 am
#218734
hi all,
I've soldered maybe 5-6 of these successfully by hand but that accounts for maybe a 50% success ratio... so I usually have to try twice I guess.. now I'm faced with the somewhat daunting task of soldering 15 for a pilot project..
I've done a fair amount of smd soldering and it usually comes out well even with some fine pitch stuff.. I'm still having trouble w these blind pads...it's impossible to tell if theres a bridge which is pretty bad obviously... I have test firmware for all the pins I use to make sure they're ok... still I don't think I should need this??
I'm wondering how these are bulk manufactured as well... I tried to quote an assembly from pcbway which is supposedly the preffered assembly company but they didn't recognize it. how does sparkfun do this??
I've soldered maybe 5-6 of these successfully by hand but that accounts for maybe a 50% success ratio... so I usually have to try twice I guess.. now I'm faced with the somewhat daunting task of soldering 15 for a pilot project..
I've done a fair amount of smd soldering and it usually comes out well even with some fine pitch stuff.. I'm still having trouble w these blind pads...it's impossible to tell if theres a bridge which is pretty bad obviously... I have test firmware for all the pins I use to make sure they're ok... still I don't think I should need this??
I'm wondering how these are bulk manufactured as well... I tried to quote an assembly from pcbway which is supposedly the preffered assembly company but they didn't recognize it. how does sparkfun do this??