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Re:DIY Through Hole Plating of PCBs (2017) by Stratoscope on Sunday March 14, 2021 @04:06PM (#26458514)
> dead bug technique

For anyone unfamiliar with the term, dead bug construction is where you put the integrated circuits upside down (like a dead bug) and solder wires and other components directly to their leads. Here are some photos and discussion:

https://www.google.com/search?q=dead+bug+construction

Re:DIY Through Hole Plating of PCBs (2017) by lmilcin on Sunday March 14, 2021 @04:32PM (#26458833)
Most those photos are other techniques. What I call dead bug is specifically to solder chip to a prototyping board by inverting the chip and soldering wires directly to the chip pads.

http://dangerousprototypes.com/blog/2012/11/15/fine-pitch-bg...

I don't put photos of my prototypes on the Internet, but this is how it, more or less, looks like (only I use board with holes):

http://dangerousprototypes.com/blog/2012/10/24/who-says-bga-...