From: John Woodgate
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.cad,sci.electronics.misc,sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: having SMT components mounted
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 19:50:16 +0100
Organization: JMWA Electronics Consultancy
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Simon wrote (in
<3D985FEB.3060507@gornall.net>) about 'having SMT components mounted',
on Mon, 30 Sep 2002:
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>(Thought I'd sent this last week, Oh well...)
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>I've got to the stage where I'm wanting to put several >100pin devices
>onto a board, and I don't trust my clumsy soldering - I can just about
>manage 2mm pin-headers, but 0.65mm is smaller than I can *see*, let
>alone solder!
>
>I've used PCB board manufacturers before for my boards, but I've never
>had the components assembled onto the board after it's been etched.
>
>Some questions:
>
> o How do you go about doing this for 1-off prototypes ? And
> what's the procedure ?
>
> o Who sources the components ?
>
> o How much would it cost for (say) 4 100 -> 150 pin devices ? I'll
> do the other components myself - I just don't want to solder the
> SMT bits...
>
>I'm in the UK, if that matters these days, and using Eagle as my
>layout s/w. Any help gratefully received :-)
>
A friend of mine recommends a 'daughter'. Although the cost of ownership
is astronomical, they are good at high-precision work like that.
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