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Re:Chiptunes on an ATtiny4 and the 3 Cent Micro by nousermane on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @07:23PM (#27044091)
Might take a while to get soldering skills good enough to handle 0.5mm BGA:

https://ripitapart.com/2016/10/28/emmc-adventures-episode-1-...

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Re:Chiptunes on an ATtiny4 and the 3 Cent Micro by StavrosK on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @07:57PM (#27044392)
You can't solder those because you can't get unset the part, you need a stencil and a reflow oven.
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Re:Chiptunes on an ATtiny4 and the 3 Cent Micro by nousermane on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @05:18AM (#27047810)
Maybe I can hand-solder 0.5mm BGAs, maybe I can't. Haven't tried yet.

But author of the article linked right above your comment absolutely can. And wrote a TFA going into great details into how exactly. No stencils, no reflow.

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Re:Chiptunes on an ATtiny4 and the 3 Cent Micro by StavrosK on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @05:21AM (#27047827)
That's soldering wires to them, not the component onto a PCB.
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