If a project calls for resistor arrays, but all you have are singles and mad soldering skills, you can try this hack. Yoganerdnl used a bunch of 0603 resistors on their side to replace the resistor arrays on his Bus Pirate SOIC DIY edition board. It takes patience and a steady hand, but it’s a good fix when no arrays are available.
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Wow, I bet that took some time :) Nice job!
Soldering for hardcore masochists!
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Still summoning the courage for my first SMT effort, myself.
Bruce, it is much easier than you think. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to solder the ftdi chip on the Bus Pirate 3.5 soic.
Trust me, take your time and you can do it :) I think it was Ian who said plenty of flux and a little solder braid and you will be just fine. That is not a quote, rather, more of a general gist of what was said.
That sounds like a very difficult task!
If only I had known that when I had to reorder the resistor networks twice because the first and 2nd package were stolen…
Very cool idea. That looks amazing.
Very cool! When I was building my Bus Blaster I accidentally ordered some resistor arrays instead of single resistors. This tip also works the other way if there is a little extra room next to the pad.
Thanks guys it sure was fun and not too hard actually. And it is my very first SMT soldering project. Very fun thing to do. Currently building second bus pirate for a friend of mine. This board looks even better. This time with the RN’s because Farnell has stock again!
I just did the same thing on my POV Toy free PCB build, but I used 0805. It was much easier than I thought it would be.