SMD Work

[Jennifer Rose]

At 09:42 AM 3/13/98 -0800, you wrote:
>I didn't mention that I put one of the 16 pin soic in backwards, and had to
>remove it. Nighmare, and I was sure that I toasted the chip with all the
>heat. I guess we should all get that spare $2500 for a nice SMD workstation. 
>
>Sandy
>
>At 11:20 AM 3/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>For desoldering 2 lead SMD's we find that the electric tweezer works the
>best.
>>Not sure how much they cost but all you do is clamp on to the device, put
>your
>>foot on the pedal a minute and then pull it off.  Works REAL nice.
>
>Hi Sandy

	Ya can use chipquik to remove SMD. Comes with it's own flux and special
solder. Makes remove fairly easy. The install is still hard to do by hand.

Vance