Hopefully in the right forum. Looking for someone on my side of the border (Canada) that can solder an SSOP package for me.
Regards,
Dan 😎
Regards,
Dan 😎
It would be beneficial if you buy the equipment after reading forum posts and watching instructions.
You could buy some cheap parts and learn with those.
It would be a lot cheaper and convenient, you are looking at shipping back and forth, and paying C$ 60-120 per hour for the actual work.
You could buy some cheap parts and learn with those.
It would be a lot cheaper and convenient, you are looking at shipping back and forth, and paying C$ 60-120 per hour for the actual work.
If it's a common chip, it may be available already soldered on a breakout board. Look on Adafruit and Sparkfun, and there may be other companies that sell chips on breakout boards.
Unfortunately, age and failing eyesight rule out that option. That said, our or all hobbies have a cost to them so if you want to pursue them you accept the cost that goes with them. I have a couple of DIY friends that have and continue to do some SMD work for me but I’m looking around because this package (although I haven’t asked yet) may be too small for them.
Regards,
Dan
I'm 75 and doing SMD stuff including SSOP devices, 0805 resistors and capacitors. My eyesight isn't perfect anymore but I find a magnifier headset of some form is essential.
I've got a DIY reflow oven, so I can probably do it. However, I've never done SSOP, but the trick is in applying the solder paste. The good thing is that part is re-doable.
That’s close, I live just north of you in Georgina, straight up #48 or 404
Post a pic of what you want done or PM me with the details.
Post a pic of what you want done or PM me with the details.
One way is to solder just the corner pins and next run a blob of solder along all the pins. Then use solder wick above all the pins on one side at a time to pick up the solder above and between the pins. It leaves a perfectly looking chip.
Recently purchased on of these and I'm pretty happy.
SainSmart Magnetic Helping Hands Soldering Station
Regards,
Dan
Wel, a trick I learned from a repair centre is:
Clean al the pads with solder wick.
Place the part on the pcb.
Solder one leg on either side.
Then apply enough solder to all legs of the part. Don't mind if you make shorts between the legs.
When the soldering is finished, use the solder wick to remove the exces solder from the legs.
You wil see that all legs are fixed to the solderpads en there are no shorts between the legs. Best to check this...
Using solder flux in the beginning makes it a lot easier.
Works 99.99% of the times.
Good luck.
Clean al the pads with solder wick.
Place the part on the pcb.
Solder one leg on either side.
Then apply enough solder to all legs of the part. Don't mind if you make shorts between the legs.
When the soldering is finished, use the solder wick to remove the exces solder from the legs.
You wil see that all legs are fixed to the solderpads en there are no shorts between the legs. Best to check this...
Using solder flux in the beginning makes it a lot easier.
Works 99.99% of the times.
Good luck.
Here a solder paste is used by cell phone repair people, carefully clean the surfaces with alcohol or similar, then put some paste / dip the chip legs in paste, and place on PCB. It is slightly adhesive, stays in place, keeps the chip from moving around.
Then use a hot air source, the solder adheres to metal, and if you apply sparingly after checking for straight legs / no gap there is little chance of short circuits.
But if you are physically unable to do it, the ready circuit boards, with chip, or blank boards may be available.
And you could get the work done by the cell phone repair shop, it takes a few minutes, less than 5, in my experience, to do a 32 leg chip.
Then use a hot air source, the solder adheres to metal, and if you apply sparingly after checking for straight legs / no gap there is little chance of short circuits.
But if you are physically unable to do it, the ready circuit boards, with chip, or blank boards may be available.
And you could get the work done by the cell phone repair shop, it takes a few minutes, less than 5, in my experience, to do a 32 leg chip.