[HH] Fwd: Schmartboards

[Drew Van Zandt]

oshpark.com often includes SMT -> breadboard breakouts for free as part of
orders.  They don't mention it, just sometimes you get one.

The Schmartboards look really easy for QFNs, though, which are ordinarily a
bit touchy by hand.

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On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 6:28 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro+hhacking at gmail.com>wrote:

> Kurt Keville wrote:
> > Anybody want to go in on a 10 pak of Schmartboards?
> >
> > http://www.schmartboard.com/index.asp?page=products_smttodip&id=460
>
> (Not something I need at the moment, but some comments on the product.)
>
> This is basically a small blank PCB that allows you to plug a surface
> mount chip into a solderless breadboard.
>
> There are a bunch of similar products on the market. What is unique abut
> these, other than the groves they mention, which help you align the
> chip's pins to the solder pads?
>
> I wonder how they create the groves? (Presumably the pads are at the
> bottom of the groves.) They machine the board and then plate it after?
>
> I gather the pads come with a generous amount of pre-tinned solder on
> them, as the video depicts them just heating the pads and not applying
> any solder.
>
> What is the reason why solder paste and baking the whole board isn't a
> more common approach to dealing with SMT parts, instead of hand
> soldering individual pins?
>
>  -Tom
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