Re: Low cost SMD Oven for making SMD samples and Prototypes

[scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <1152763830.442717.103390@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com> wrote:
>This is one of those rare instances where somebody spams a newsgroup
>with an only marginally relevant product advertisement and you're
>really glad that they did.
>
>Very, very cool. I will be getting myself one of these.

If you buy from spammers, you validate their spamming methods.

Don't give them what they want.

At work, one of our hardware gurus uses a toaster oven with a thermometer
stuck in the side to attach BGA packages (containing things like DSPs, MPEG
compressors, and PCI-to-PCI bridges) to boards.  Temperature is monitored
and adjusted manually.  It works well enough for prototype use; at least it
eliminates the turnaround time associated with having someone else attach
BGAs.  (OTOH, that outside company can X-ray the board to make sure all of
the pins are attached.  We don't have that capability in-house, but it's not
been a problem so far AFAIK.)

Googling for "smd toaster oven" should produce useful results.  Someone else
mentioned Spark Fun; their website came up first in the results.

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