Re: gEDA-user: Cheap 4 layer manufacturer?

[Stephen Meier <smeier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yikes what can I say other then I am glad I can and do hand this kind of 
task off to really good assembly shops. To make as commercial  a 
statement as I feel comfortable about on this list if anyone decides 
they need to switch to a good assembler and needs help let me know and I 
can recomend a few companies.

Steve Meier

Darrell Harmon wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 12:00:45AM -0400, 9000 VAX wrote:
>  
>
> > Are you considering getting BGA and TQFP chips soldered by PCB board
> > manufacturers? After working on the 0.5mm 144 pin EPM1270T144 with a
> > solder iron and an absorbing copper braid (though successfully), I
> > think it is not the kind of job that I can handle. I gave up the idea
> > of toast oven before I even started, because I don't know how to
> > control the temperature precisely.
> >
> > vax, 9000
> >    
>
> I can do an LQFP176 in about 2 minutes with no wick and no bridges. It
> just takes a lot of practice (and flux). The 0402 capacitors are the
> only really bad part. They stick to the tweezers since they weigh
> nothing.
>
> A themocouple + max6675 + laptop + relay solves the temperature
> control problem with the toaster oven.
>
>