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Soldering tiny SMD with wick
I was always afraid to solder anything with smaller grid than 0.1" (2.54mm) - especially when my vision is not best...
However by chance I found really interesting tip on: https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/96
It is that simple:
- Put as much solder as you can to pins - ignoring any bridges
- Remove excessive solder and bridges with wick.
And that's All!
Here is an example - NE555 in SO8 package 0.05" (1.27mm) on SO8 and SSO8 breakout board Top 4 pins were already fixed with solder wick. Bottom 4 pins are before "treatment":
And here is final result - both SO8 package rows were cleaned with wick. Additionally standard 0.1" 4x pinhead connectors were soldered (no wick needed).
And here is moment of truth - NE555 blinker:
- from https://how2electronics.com/led-blinking-circuit-using-555-timer/ Using standard bread-board:
And possibly animation:
That tip from https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/96 was game changer for me - finally able to use at least some SMD parts when PDIP packages are harder and harder to get.
Also thank to https://how2electronics.com/led-blinking-circuit-using-555-timer/ (classic NE555 blinker) I was able to verify that NE555 really survived my soldering and is working properly.
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