Re: Will it work :) (first SMD goofball project)

On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 17:07:45 -0600, "Steve Wolfe" <htr@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

(never built a SMD based
project, never had a PCB boad made for a project, etc., etc. lame
excuse, lame excuse.)

Read the SMD soldering tutorials on www.sparkfun.com, and you won't be so
intimidated by SMD stuff. And after doing your first board, you'll think "I
shouldn't have waited so long to do this."

steve

Funny you mention the sparkfun site. I found it on you tube, and
watching him blob solder all over one side of that chip made me
cringe, then he pulled out the de-solder ribbon and I was like "Oh....
neat trick.." :)

I was also surprised just how relatively inexpensive this board turned
out to be. All said done, one board fully populated is going to run
about $25.00. I'll need 4 of them for the proto-type, and another 16
to finish the project if all goes well. The question is am I gutsy
enough to order all 20 up front and hope and pray, or just get 4 and
see if it works....

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