Got a project coming up for a guy, 10 boards (maybe more). Each board has 96 TSSOP16's on it (ADG5408's and 74595's). Basically a big signal switcher/router type deal.
Was trying to think of decently faster way to get all those TSSOP16's put in place for soldering, short of getting it all done at an assembler.
Since I've got a 3D printer, I'm thinking I'm going to add 2 holes to each TSSOP16 package on the PCB, both centered on the package, one slightly off chip on top and one on the bottom.
I'll design and printer out a holder of some sort which will hold and center the chip in the holder between the two pins which match the holes made on the PCB for that particular package. Obviously have to make another component in the library...TSSOP16 and TSSOP16-Holder, maybe go ahead and do that with a bunch of SMT types and see what happens.
Put the chip in the holder (friction fit? some sort of clamping arms that grab what little of the chip there is on the sides? gum? vacuum?).
Put the holder's pin in the holes, the chip magically gets centered. Press down on a center rod to hold it there a bit. Tack solder the corners, take off the holder, solder the rest.
Seen anything similar?
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