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Re:Fake Parallel Printer – A Parallel Port Traffic Capturing... by lightedman on Friday January 27, 2023 @08:20AM (#34545621)
Correct, anything with a thermal pad on the underside of the package is designed for reflow soldering process.
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Re:Fake Parallel Printer – A Parallel Port Traffic Capturing... by tverbeure on Friday January 27, 2023 @01:02PM (#34549443)
I've soldered these kind of packages with a hot air gun in the past. The reason to use a Pico instead of an rp2040 is because many have a Pico already in their component box, it works, it's reliable, and after factoring in the cost of power regulator, USB connector etc, the cost difference is almost nothing.
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