- Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:11 am
#112628
Hello,
I am going to put 0805 footprints into Cadstar....as well as many other footprints as per the schematic.
-However, even though the PCBs will be reflow soldered, the first prototype PCB will be hand soldered by myself, just so i can test it to see that all is OK.
-Now the reflow soldering footprints are a bit small for my hand soldering skills, so i intend to extend the 0805 pads by 0.4mm
-that is, the overall length of the 0805 footprint will be 2 x 0.4mm = 0.8mm longer than it would normally be.
.....with such a bigger footprint, do you think this will cause a problem for the pick-and-place machines?, and be a problem for the reflow soldering process?
I am going to put 0805 footprints into Cadstar....as well as many other footprints as per the schematic.
-However, even though the PCBs will be reflow soldered, the first prototype PCB will be hand soldered by myself, just so i can test it to see that all is OK.
-Now the reflow soldering footprints are a bit small for my hand soldering skills, so i intend to extend the 0805 pads by 0.4mm
-that is, the overall length of the 0805 footprint will be 2 x 0.4mm = 0.8mm longer than it would normally be.
.....with such a bigger footprint, do you think this will cause a problem for the pick-and-place machines?, and be a problem for the reflow soldering process?