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SMD Solder Manual

For SMD soldering one needs rosin (also called colophony) It helps the molten metal to flow and making a better connection. Because SMDs are super small a magnifying glass could help a lot, too.

And certainly one needs all the standart solder tools.

1. One need a protoboard for the SMD chip.

2. And the chip.

3. Put rosin on the solder pats.

4. And some solder, too.

5. Check with the magnifying glass if there a no briges.

6. Again rosin.

7. Bring the chip in the right possition.

8. Solder one leg without any extra solder, just melt the one on the pads. Check if the possition is OK, than solder all the other pins, again no solder is needed.

9. Check all pins for briges. If there is one desolder it with a desoldering braid.

10. Solder some pins on the board.