Re:Building a Reflow Oven
by mindcrime on Monday July 22, 2019 @01:04PM
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I keep thinking about buying one, but for now I've convinced myself that the amount of SMD work I do is small enough that I can rely on either hand soldering under magnification, or using my hot air rework station.
Most of what I do prototype wise is still through-hole, or the larger SMT packages (SOIC, etc.)... the only reason I'd use one of the smaller packages would be if the component I need is only available in that package. Unfortunately, that's becoming more and more the case.
Anyway, if I need a component that's a real fine pitch QFP or something, I'd just hot air solder it to a breakout board, and then jumper it in... unless it's something where that little bit of extra capacitance would screw something up, or where EMI would be an issue. But I'm a hobbyist, so that stuff isn't usually an issue here.
Most of what I do prototype wise is still through-hole, or the larger SMT packages (SOIC, etc.)... the only reason I'd use one of the smaller packages would be if the component I need is only available in that package. Unfortunately, that's becoming more and more the case.
Anyway, if I need a component that's a real fine pitch QFP or something, I'd just hot air solder it to a breakout board, and then jumper it in... unless it's something where that little bit of extra capacitance would screw something up, or where EMI would be an issue. But I'm a hobbyist, so that stuff isn't usually an issue here.