I may not be as much knowledgeable about chip package designs (alright, not very), but... combining QFP + PLCC? what for, and how the fuck is that going to be soldered?  

#Embedded #Hardware #Electronics

@DM_Ronin

it gets soldered in a big oven.

first step: solderpaste gets squished through a metal soldermask onto the pcb

then a robot places the components onto the pcb and finally the whole thing is driven through a 10m long oven that has different temperature zones.

to solder something like that at home you put the solder paste onto the pcb with a syringe and use a hotplate to solder the pcb

@theAeon @DM_Ronin

I was thinking about wave soldering, but that wouldn't work 🤦‍♂️

It would be the same process as described with solder paste through a mask and then a tunnel oven to heat the solder. Basically automated with pick and place machines and optical inspection.

The same process is used to assemble graphics cards on a production line especially the main die 🙂

https://youtu.be/YwrUxG26ulk

"AMD & NVIDIA Abandoned This Segment" | Intel Arc GPU Factory Tour with Sparkle

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