Cesar Rabak wrote in message <3B54DA31.C46FF171@uol.com.br>...
>Yes sometimes it felt like that. Or, gave to HW engineers the feel that SW engineers enjoyed for half a century ;-)

Some of use software guys miss the visceral thrill of soldering together real parts!

(Excuse me while I go down to the basement and saw some wood.)

Walter wrote:
> 
> Cesar Rabak wrote in message <3B54DA31.C46FF171@uol.com.br>...
> >Yes sometimes it felt like that. Or, gave to HW engineers the feel that SW engineers enjoyed for half a century ;-)
> 
> Some of use software guys miss the visceral thrill of soldering together real parts!

I know what you talk about: I've a field service engineer for more than ten years. . . and I am a licensed radio amateur operator... ;-)

> 
> (Excuse me while I go down to the basement and saw some wood.)

This weekend my son and me had a similar pleasure (we replaced our
kitchen sink)...

[]

Cesar

all chip are SMD now
did you ever try to sold a SMD chip ?


Walter a écrit :

> Cesar Rabak wrote in message <3B54DA31.C46FF171@uol.com.br>...
> >Yes sometimes it felt like that. Or, gave to HW engineers the feel that SW engineers enjoyed for half a century ;-)
>
> Some of use software guys miss the visceral thrill of soldering together real parts!
>
> (Excuse me while I go down to the basement and saw some wood.)

Walter wrote:

> Some of use software guys miss the visceral thrill of soldering together real parts!

Tell me about it...
Burned my fingers more than once soldering things together...

> (Excuse me while I go down to the basement and saw some wood.)

I still tend to do that as well, but I think as of today we found a good and reliable carpenter...

Jan

NancyEtRoland wrote:
> 
> all chip are SMD now
> did you ever try to sold a SMD chip ?
> 

Your affirmation "all chip" is somewhat exagerated! Anyway, there are fixtures (kind of pantographs) available for manual handling of these small specimens and even a small hot air blower for solrering at once the solder drops of these SMD packages.

Obviously its use is for breadboarding/prototyping and (somewhat less
useful nowadays) repair work.

HTH

Cesar

Nope. I don't even know what it is.

NancyEtRoland wrote in message <3B55F5E3.694F2180@free.fr>...
>all chip are SMD now
>did you ever try to sold a SMD chip ?
>
>
>Walter a écrit :
>
>> Cesar Rabak wrote in message <3B54DA31.C46FF171@uol.com.br>...
>> >Yes sometimes it felt like that. Or, gave to HW engineers the feel that SW engineers enjoyed for half a century ;-)
>>
>> Some of use software guys miss the visceral thrill of soldering together real parts!
>>
>> (Excuse me while I go down to the basement and saw some wood.)
>

Surface Mounted Device, 0.05 inchs or less between pins, 128 pins or more to
sold around a square package.
good luck !

Roland

Walter a écrit :

> Nope. I don't even know what it is.
>
> NancyEtRoland wrote in message <3B55F5E3.694F2180@free.fr>...
> >all chip are SMD now
> >did you ever try to sold a SMD chip ?