Heat Gun Homebrew SMT Rework Tutorial

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Tags: EEPROM, homebrew, mods, PCB, reflow, Repurposing, soldering

Filed under: Circuits, Miscellaneous | October 16, 2009 @ 6:39 pm (Views: 3780)

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Fig 7 - Cleanup Done 


Here’s a picture of the completed board with the cap resoldered.  All in all, this process took about 15 minutes.  If you’re just getting started with this sort of thing, it’s probably best to find some old or broken piece of equipment and take his IC’s off one-by-one to practice.  Use this time to determine how long it takes to melt solder with your heat gun, and also how much longer you have until the PCB warps, bubbles, or peels.  Good Luck!

You can continue with Part 2 of this article, installing a socket onto this PCB.

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1. Comment by cakewalk:
   October 19, 2009 @ 4:07 am

   Dude is this post actually about removing the EEPROM from a Tivo?  Awesome!

2. Comment by openschemes:
   October 19, 2009 @ 4:47 am

   This post is about using an off the shelf heat gun to remove various types of SMT components from various types of PCB’s. No particular board or device is implied. Glad it could help you..

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