ComputerVoltageSources

HI DAve

--- In ComputerVoltageSources@yahoogroups.com, "djbrow54" <davebr@...>
wrote:
>  I'm a bit perplexed as to how to get the 
> resonator off there without specialized SMT desoldering equipment. 

i'll bet that that's a class of implement that would inspire tool-envy
in even the most jaded DIYer heart.!!!

 
> One thought I had was to grind it off with a dremel tool and then 
> unsolder each pad and hopefully not destroy the module. 

LOL!
Dremel... the universal solvent!
Boy am i relieved to learn that you considered this!
This notion crossed my mind and i dared not speak it out loud for fear
that my already tawdry reputation as a club-footed DIY barbarian would
  become even more intractable!!!
i'm still too nervous to do it though, if that Dremel bit seizes
something tough and hurls itself off-target there's just too much in
the way of delicate innards in the neighborhood for it to land on. 

> Or perhaps 
> with enough heat on top of the resonator the three lower pads would 
> desolder.  However, I'm not prepared to try.  

ahh .... basically, burn it off! i'd worry about heat stress on the
neighboring components though....

the loss of modularity is the biggest issue to me ... i might have the
 brass to do this operation once but the prospect of doing it over and
over in the future really turns me off.

With all due empathy for Maestro Chang's situation, it's academic to
me anyway. i don't expect i'll ever have more than one PSIM in my rig.
And my prospects for soundtrack work sync'd to video are still very bleak.

-doc