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  • AndrewBird
    The Mad Scientist
    • Oct 2003
    • 11892
    #1

    Soldering surface mount LED's is hard...

    but worth it I'd say:







    For those that don't understand, I added LED's to the trigger buttons on my PSP. Purely for looks. And surface mount LED's are about the size of 4 grains of sand with two soldering terminals on them. :crazy:

    Oh, and my screen is broke, that's just a background that makes people freak out. lol
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    • george graves
      I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
      • Oct 2003
      • 19986
      #2
      SMT's???? oh you are as crazy as I am... Good work man!

      SMT's are ***insane*** to hand solder...

      Soldering is sick fun, I just put a order in for a new gun. insane $$$ too, but I need it.

      Nice to see there are some guys that mod stuff around here...
      Last edited by george graves; 08-14-2007, 03:12 AM.
      Originally posted by Matt-B
      hey does anyone know anyone who gets upset and makes electronics?

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        • schmidty
          E30 Fanatic
          • Jul 2004
          • 1253
          #3
          nerd :p

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            • Jean
              Moderator
              • Aug 2006
              • 18228
              #4
              Lol, that's too much! I need to finish my aleph 2s...

              Mtech1 v8 build thread - https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/sho...d.php?t=413205



              OEM v8 manual chip or dme - https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/sho....php?p=4938827

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                • AndrewBird
                  The Mad Scientist
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 11892
                  #5
                  For reference, this is how small they are:



                  I was using ones like the smaller one in that picture.

                  I actually use a butane powered soldering iron for all my soldering. I got tired of trying to find an electric iron that was good. This is what I use:

                  http://www.amazon.com/Bernzomatic-ST...7113684&sr=1-4

                  THe pointed tip it has was a bit big for soldering this stuff, but I managed.
                  Last edited by AndrewBird; 08-14-2007, 09:49 AM.

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