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Frithiof Andreas Jensen Frithiof Andreas Jensen is offline
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On 30 Aug 2006 13:40:28 -0700, wrote:



I used to do it all the time when SMD parts first came out. Invert
the chip and anchor it to a piece of blank PCB with a dob of hot-melt
glue. Then tin the wire and the SMD leg, touch the two together, then
reflow it with just a touch of the iron. Takes longer to write than
do!


3M (i think) had some self-adhesive pads with SMD layouts taken out to the
nomal 0.1" spacing and power strips e.t.c. It worked surprisingly well with
a piece of plain pcb as the substrate and ground plane. Now it's so easy to
run a PCB that I do not bother with anything else for prototyping.