<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp17a53998yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Sorry, I missed the original post. Let me take a stab at some questions.<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I have been designing and building my own microcontroller boards for over 15 years as a hobby.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Design capture with tinycad. tinycad.com.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">PCB design with frepcb. freepcb.com.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">PCB manufacture with <span>oshpark.com. Decent price, not too slow.</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>I would stay away from the smaller gauge parts unless you like to work with microscopes. Solder paste is difficult without a solder mask, just use 30 ga solder and the smallest solder iron tip you can find.</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>Sparkfun.com has lots of parts, breakout boards, and tutorials.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp17a53998signature"><span style="font-family:courier;">--- </span><br style="font-family:courier;"><span style="font-family:courier;">Wayne Johnson, | <span style="color:rgb(191, 95, 0);">There are two kinds of people: Those</span> </span><br style="font-family:courier;"><span style="font-family:courier;"> | <span style="color:rgb(191, 95, 0);">who say to God, "Thy will be done," </span></span><br style="font-family:courier;"><span style="font-family:courier;"> | <span style="color:rgb(191, 95, 0);">and those to whom God says, "All right, </span></span><br style="font-family:courier;"><span style="font-family:courier;"> | <span style="color:rgb(191, 95, 0);">then, have it your way." --C.S. Lewis</span><br></span></div></div>
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On Saturday, February 1, 2020, 2:18:46 PM CST, Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman@cwis.biz> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Which is used when soldering on SURFACE MOUNT COMPONENTS or SMCs which is the very thing I asked you about and you refused to answer.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">> On Jan 31, 2020, at 11:55 PM, Rick Engebretson <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:eng@pinenet.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eng@pinenet.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I learned more about the new "Solder Pastes" today. DigiKey has a nice tutorial from "Locktite." And "Adafruit" has a little infosheet if you follow the DigiKey links.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Maybe you should learn about it, too.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Iznogoud wrote:<br clear="none">>> Let's not make a fuss of this, but I am with Ryan. The idea is that there may<br clear="none">>> be better ways to do what you want, and that is why question were asked.<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> I went back to the obvious and searched google:<br clear="none">>> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.thomasnet.com/minnesota/soldering-services-76361203-1.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thomasnet.com/minnesota/soldering-services-76361203-1.html</a><br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> Perhaps you can find an individual to do it through a craigslist.org posting.<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> Sounds like you have exhausted the info offered on this list, Rick.<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br clear="none">>> <a shape="rect" href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br clear="none">>> <a shape="rect" href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a><div class="ydpccc615byqt7311759686" id="ydpccc615byqtfd99273"><br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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