[TriEmbed] TriEmbed Digest, Vol 37, Issue 18

[Alex Davis]

> > Hot air is the best, but it's not always possible to use it.
> > When I need to remove SMD part and cannot use hot air, I crush/cut it with
> > pliers and unsolder each lead separately. This assures least heat stress on
> > pads.

I've used this method back when I was on an 1970's electronic home organ
kick. Often times the boards were wire-wrapped together, and would be a
nightmare to unwrap to get to the solder side, so I'd chop a bad chip
off at the body and solder a new one to the old legs.

I should probably refer to my strips as APA102C. According to here
(https://cpldcpu.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/apa102) APA102 looks like
better packaging than APA102C. Next shopping trip to aliexpress I'll
order a bunch of bare chips for spares.

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