EEVblog #186 - Soldering Tutorial Part 3 - Surface Mount

Tiny surface-mount chips look impossible to solder by hand, and this episode shows they are not. Dave demonstrates drag soldering and the tack-and-reflow method on fine-pitch chips with pins 0.5 mm apart, then moves on to solder paste and hot air. As the third and last part of the series, save it until a few through-hole boards have gone well. It is the video that opens up modern breakout boards and small-gadget repairs, where almost nothing has legs anymore.