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brandon:

--- Quote from: solderguy1 on November 08, 2007, 12:55:24 am ---
--- Quote from: RandyT on November 07, 2007, 03:09:14 pm ---Fortunately, the exact same processor is still available, just in the much smaller 48-pin SSOP surface mount package.   .... I had to retool the programmer, completely re-design the boards and learn to solder these tiny devices.  Fortunately, only one heroic KeyWIz had to give it's life for me to figure out the trick in doing it.  As it turns out, once I got the hang of it, they are actually no more difficult to use than the bigger chips.  The gods have smiled on me for a change :) 

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Learning how to solder surface-mount ICs is intimidating isn't it?  I avoided it for years.  The way I do it now (probably goofy) is to coat the pads with a little solder on just one side, then push the IC down with tweezers and reflow from one corner to another.  Then do the other side of the chip and finish by dragging the iron tip from the pad up the IC pin for a majorly solid connection.

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your name is solderguy for God's sake... lol  arent you a pro?
Santoro:
I say it's volcano buttons.
crzywolf:
Sorry  RandyT ! These kids already beat you to the punch. 
Rip Away 1000
heffe2001:

--- Quote from: saint on November 07, 2007, 04:13:10 pm ---I predict a Star-Wars yoke.

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That'd be my guess, especially when he said machinist was involved... :D

JMB:
Maybe a Novagem/Micro-Leaf version of
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