12-19-2015, 08:45 AM
(12-18-2015, 04:17 PM)EdK Wrote: Sorry for the late response Arvid, I've been real busy.
When you say "good" I interpret that to mean you're willing to spend some reasonable bucks on one, as in hundreds of dollars. Is that true? If so, then I'd look at the Hako stuff. Avoid Pace, they've gone to $hit over the last few years.
What type of SMT components would you be working with?
Ed
Thanks for the advice Ed. I know you've got several irons in the fire ... or mills in the garage ... and we both have that d..n thing called work going on. I'm certainly not in a big hurry.
Hopefully not multiple hundreds of dollars; a couple would be reasonable.
I bought one of the ubiquitous T963A reflow ovens and would be using the hot air unit when the oven is not appropriate.
I'm just converting from thru-hole to SMT. I plan on starting at a reasonable level, 0603 and larger and devices with leads. Nothing related to BGA or anything like that to get started.
As I look around anything complex, like with a robust processor, etc., is usually available ready-to-go cheaper than I could build it. I am thinking that the boards I'll be making will relatively simple interface boards to the processor units. There are many pre-built interfaces available but it seems like the stuff I'd like to measure and hook up are not addressed by the general market.
Arvid