Biggish order in at DigiKey... (thanks to Shane for putting me onto this one!)
"Perishable" ?????
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There was a cold bag in there... I'm thinking perhaps pecan pie ? Pretty please ?
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...with an ice pack... solder paste for making batches of SMD boards - lasts longer if kept cool, e.g. in the fridge... Top marks to DigiKey! 24 hours from the USA...
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Never having tackled any surface-mount stuff before I volunteered to have a go, but didn’t give myself more than a 50% chance of success.
Knowing Nick (Jack) is something of a subject expert in both SM and bat detection I canvassed his opinion of the product and boy, am I glad I did! As you can see he’s dived in head-first, and I’m confident that his chances of success are a very great deal higher than mine!!
The world looks so different after learning science. For example, trees are made of air, primarily. When they are burned, they go back to air, and in their flaming heat is released the flaming heat of the Sun which was bound in to convert air into tree.
Building 10, you hit all sorts of price breaks that really reduces the per unit cost, plus you get free delivery etc. which helps as well. The Digikey site is really good at helping you hit the breaks, i.e. if you say order 30 of something, it might pop up and point out the by ordering 50 it's cheaper than ordering 30 because the price break is so large. On one item I needed 80 of a particular SMT resistor, but it was significantly cheaper to buy 100.
Ray P wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 6:38 am
Nick, I've been using this stuff with great success - no need to refrigerate and with a a long shelf-life - so far, no sign of it 'going off'.
I have some lead free paste too, however this project, specifically the Pi Pico daughter boards and the microphone, mean a specific thermal reflow profile has to be used and that means PbSn.
The world looks so different after learning science. For example, trees are made of air, primarily. When they are burned, they go back to air, and in their flaming heat is released the flaming heat of the Sun which was bound in to convert air into tree.
Not my best effort at SMT, but it's the first of 10... First time trying out my new hotplate as opposed to using a reflow oven. For some reason the surface tension doesn't seem as effective in pulling all the components into line as the reflow oven. Maybe its just me.
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The world looks so different after learning science. For example, trees are made of air, primarily. When they are burned, they go back to air, and in their flaming heat is released the flaming heat of the Sun which was bound in to convert air into tree.
jack wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 11:00 pm
Guilt mainly.
No need! No rush.
The world looks so different after learning science. For example, trees are made of air, primarily. When they are burned, they go back to air, and in their flaming heat is released the flaming heat of the Sun which was bound in to convert air into tree.
