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		xondono on Sept 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Have you ever seen soldering this close? [video] This. In my experience QFN-like packages self center better than comparable BGAs, it’s just that BGAs in general are big so they are easy to line up. Small BGAs can be hell to hand solder.

aidenn0 on Sept 19, 2024 [–]

I find SOICs to be by far the most forgiving; off by anything less than half the pitch and it tends to jump into place.

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