[Noisebridge-discuss] Is there interest in an SMD practice electronics kit?

[Brian Choate]

I have been in great fear of doing surface mount stuff. Plenty of folks
have tried telling me that it is not as bad as it would seem at first.
However, I know at some point I am going to have to do it.

So if there is a fun kit and maybe some guidance around to help me get
over my fears I would definitely be up for it!

If this could turn into a short, focused class about SMD techniques,
tips, and tricks it would be even more awesome.

B.


On 08/13/2010 09:22 AM, Josh Myer wrote:
> Who all would be interested in an all-SMD electronics kit?  I've got a
> design for all-SMD electronic dice that works, but it's got a few
> awkward corners.  I'm not pushing it into production just yet, entirely
> because I'm not certain there's a lot of interest in it.
> 
> The board's designed to include a bit of everything that's reasonable to
> hand-solder, with a couple of slightly awkward (but totally doable)
> spots to force a few lessons in working with SMD.  In particular,
> there's an SSOP16 chip at the heart of it, which is tricky to solder
> down.  This may be a little ambitious, and I should probably swap it out
> for a SOIC16.
> 
> The other thing: since it's kinda specialized, I won't be able to sell
> many, so I need to charge ~$20.  Is it worth that to you?  I prefer to
> keep my kits as cheap as I can, entirely because I want them to be
> edumacational, but I also need to at least break even on them.
> 
> Thanks for any feedback you may have (off- or on-list)!
> -- 
> Josh Myer 650.248.3796
>  josh at joshisanerd.com <mailto:josh at joshisanerd.com>
> 
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