Lpc2000

Peter Harrison wrote:

>Tom Walsh wrote:
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>>My current board has 140+ SMD components on it, ranging from 0805, to 
>>SSOP, to 0.5mm TSSOP / QFP.  It only took 2hours to setup, paste, apply 
>>parts and reflow using the stencil + oven.  I would not think to attempt 
>>a board as complex as this (and as small) by hand, you always get too 
>>much paste or it won't flow right and it bridges...
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>How do you create and use the stencils?
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Best for you to do is goto the sparkfun article:
http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/SMD_Printing/SMD_Printing.htm

The folks at pololu.com do a fine job on the stencils.


TomW

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