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| bsodmike:
Hi all, I have an old Metcal MX-500 station and used my finest chisel tip on an IC adapter board. Here's the IC in question: https://export.farnell.com/linear-technology/lt6654ais6-1-25-trmpbf/voltage-ref-series-1-25v-tsot23/dp/2761954 Adapter board: https://export.farnell.com/roth-elektronik/re910pin/pcb-ic-adapter-6-sot-23-7-62mm/dp/3050943?ost=3050943 The issue I faced is that the pads on the adapter board are very close, so my usual trick of applying solder and wicking across didn't work as much as I liked. Looking at the datasheet (attached), the failure here really was the adapter PCB |O Oh well, I'm now ordering this from ARIES and hopefully it'll work better. https://export.farnell.com/aries/lcqt-sot23-6/ic-adaptor-6-sot23-to-dip-2-54mm/dp/2476032?ost=2476032 |
| ebastler:
Not sure I understand the specific difficulty there. In my experience, SOT pads are large enough to touch them with a soldering iron and a bit of solder, one by one? Only on the first pad, I pre-tin the pad and then tack on the part by touching it with the iron. Youtube has plenty of tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=solder+sot-23 |
| Howardlong:
I'm not clear what the particular problem is either. Do you use magnification? You should. Are your hands a bit shaky? Lay off the caffeine! I also find that first thing in the morning I'm a bit shakier than later on in the day. o You should be able to easily do one pin at a time without resorting to wick. o I use a flux pen on the pads. o Tin a corner pad. o Position & hold the device down with tweezers, & apply heat to the pin on the pad you just tinned, maintaining the correct device position with the tweezers. o Solder the remaining pins. |
| tooki:
Also, add flux. It’ll help prevent bridging. |
| ebastler:
One more thought: Make sure your solder wire is not too thick, so you can dose it properly. I like 0.5 mm. |
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