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I Hate Soldering OPAMPS!!!

post #1 of 25
2/4/10 at 1:12am
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There I said it .... now I can go back to work on the 2nd Mini^3 board.
Thanks for listening ............
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post #2 of 25
2/4/10 at 1:13am
Any pictures?
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post #3 of 25
2/4/10 at 2:04am
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Originally Posted by balderon View Post
Any pictures?
. sorry OP, we're laughing with you. we don't learn this stuff overnight. SMD soldering takes practice. if you haven't already, check this tutorial out: Curious Inventor - Guides : Surface Mount Soldering
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post #4 of 25
2/4/10 at 3:42am
Uhm... don't solder opamps, solder sockets.
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post #5 of 25
2/4/10 at 4:50am
He's talking about SMD opamps (like the Mini3 uses). I'm not aware of sockets for those.
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post #6 of 25
2/4/10 at 4:55am
I figured they would the DIP package opamps as he mentioned M^3, not Mini^3.
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post #7 of 25
2/4/10 at 6:23am
You sir are correct. I've been doing too much tinkering with the Mini3 / Carrie lately. Just got my proto board in the mail!

So yeah, as FallenAngel said, use sockets. They're awesome.
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post #8 of 25
2/4/10 at 8:19am
Tangent Tutorials
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post #9 of 25
2/4/10 at 10:38am
It just takes time. Good solder helps also.
After -well, long enough it gets to be a reflex.
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post #10 of 25
2/4/10 at 11:29am
You just need to solder as many things as possible.....
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post #11 of 25
2/4/10 at 1:21pm
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It's the mini3 ... I thought you guys would get a kick out of it .... You don't want to see the pix. They're painfull.
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post #12 of 25
2/4/10 at 2:32pm
Conductive epoxy glue to glue them down?
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post #13 of 25
2/4/10 at 3:09pm
The main problem I had with smt was not being able to see. A microscope helps with that tremendously. The second problem was holding stuff in place and a vaccuum pickup pen or locking tweezers helps with that.
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post #14 of 25
2/4/10 at 3:32pm
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Originally Posted by cobaltmute View Post
Conductive epoxy glue to glue them down?
are you joking? I hope so, that could spell invisible disaster

flux is your friend OP
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post #15 of 25
2/4/10 at 4:19pm
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Originally Posted by qusp View Post
are you joking? I hope so, that could spell invisible disaster
I was looking for solder paste in a local store and it was their suggestion to me. It just might work, but you'd never get the part off.
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