15 Feb
2018
15 Feb
'18
9:48 a.m.
On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 8:55 AM, Ricardo Wurmus rekado@elephly.net wrote:
I suggest a wide, flat solder iron tip and lots of flux (e.g. “Loethonig”). 0.8-pitch gets easier to solder with a technique called drag soldering. You bathe the connector in thick flux, then apply solder to the flat solder iron head, then slowly drag the solder ball across all contacts.
The flux prevents the solder ball from fusing adjacent pins.
I really recommend this over a sharp, thin-tipped solder head for narrow pitches.
cool, thanks ricardo. does anyone else have any recommended techniques? there's a huge range of experience on this list.
l.