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MrBungle · 2nd Nov 2018, 1:25 pm

Indeed. They're dead easy. I've done down to MSOP8 / 0603 now regularly. My eyesight isn't that great either. Years of avoiding it turned out to be a fuss over nothing.

In fact the best thing is that it's pretty easy to get the smaller parts off without trashing the board which is difficult on older PTH boards with some of the multi pin parts. I usually snipped off IC leads and then desoldered the pins individually to avoid this.

No need with these!

With respect to parts prices, I am using LCSC and they are incredibly cheap. I think I paid 10p for or so for 100 0805 1% resistors. Sometimes it's hard to get enough in the basket to get past the small order charge (which goes away at $10)

2nd Nov 2018, 1:25 pm	#12
MrBungle Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: London, UK. Posts: 3,687	Re: Homebrew RF power meter mark 2 Indeed. They're dead easy. I've done down to MSOP8 / 0603 now regularly. My eyesight isn't that great either. Years of avoiding it turned out to be a fuss over nothing. In fact the best thing is that it's pretty easy to get the smaller parts off without trashing the board which is difficult on older PTH boards with some of the multi pin parts. I usually snipped off IC leads and then desoldered the pins individually to avoid this. No need with these! With respect to parts prices, I am using LCSC and they are incredibly cheap. I think I paid 10p for or so for 100 0805 1% resistors. Sometimes it's hard to get enough in the basket to get past the small order charge (which goes away at $10)