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Interesting I see. I'm moving from breadboarding to PCBs because I'm using ICs which are way too small to solder by hand and I've already prototyped with their
by RohKo 2y ago
Interesting I see. I'm moving from breadboarding to PCBs because I'm using ICs which are way too small to solder by hand and I've already prototyped with their off-the-shelf dev board versions.
- mikeInAlaska 2y agoIt's just faster and easier to iterate PCBs anymore than large breadboard creations.
- jon-wood 2y agoHow small is "too small" here? I'm by no means an expert at soldering but with some patience I can hand solder down to 0603 components, and I know people who can go much smaller than that (right down to the sort of thing where if you sneeze finding the components you just scattered around is like finding a specific grain of sand on the floor). You can get practice boards for next to nothing online if you don't want to risk damaging high value components.
- niccl 2y agoyup. I can do 0402, and I've poor eyesight and hands that shake more than I'd like.
- xargon7 2y agoConsider ordering reusable chunks of your circuit as PCBs instead of iterating on entire boards. You can connect the chunks with breadboards or connectors or something.