John.
What about telling us how to do it - I refer to 64 pin Surface Mount
Devices?
I had the advantage of a quick "course" on surface-mount installation by a
sales rep for a soldering-iron company! The secret to installing the things
is to use a flux-pen and coat all the legs and pads with flux. Excess solder
then just runs off and doesn't tend to "stick" between the legs. The final
trick is to use an iron with a concave bit, I think Weller now do one, this
draws solder into its dimple and, in conjunction with the flux, makes it
easy to clean away solder bridges. You just run the tinned iron along the
row of pins and Bob's yer uncle! Well... if your lucky! I still spent a long
time with a powerful magnifying glass, checking every pin.
73. Dave G3YXM.
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