Soldering SMDs

[Paul Burridge]

On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 19:15:01 +0100, "Rid" <rid.domanics@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

Ever heard of rework paste? just clean up the pads and tin them paint on
the rework paste then place the component on the pads,

!!! I'd assumed when folks here referred to "pads" they meant the
contact feet of the SMDs. Now you're (presumably) telling me they're
areas of the foil of the pcbs! I do wish people would be a little more
careful in their drafting of replies...
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"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill

 

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In article <vr48jv8m1sv8b1s6lfl4sh6brav8lei09n@4ax.com>,
redscar@waitrose.notformail.com says...

On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 19:15:01 +0100, "Rid" <rid.domanics@ntlworld.com
wrote:

Ever heard of rework paste? just clean up the pads and tin them paint on
the rework paste then place the component on the pads,

!!! I'd assumed when folks here referred to "pads" they meant the
contact feet of the SMDs. Now you're (presumably) telling me they're
areas of the foil of the pcbs!

yup. as in "Pads" pcb software. dry transfer etch resist pads.
breadboards with copper pads. animals have pads on their feet, therefore
i can understand someone's confusion. the pads on animals make
footprints but a pcb pad is part of a footprint.

i bet you would've had fun trying to work under the wrong assumption

mike

I do wish people would be a little more
careful in their drafting of replies...
--

"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill