I think a note of caution is in order here. After using PbSn solder to reflow a board in a toaster oven, DO NOT use that toaster oven to heat food. The vapors of lead will deposit themselves on the interior surface of the oven and will subsequently contaminate food. Even if one were to use Pb-free solder, I would be wary of reusing the oven to heat food. -Bill /************************************ / billw@xxxxxxxxxxx / / / / Advanced Electronic Concepts, LLC / / www.aec-lab.com / ************************************ ====================================================== Christopher R. Johnson wrote: > Instead of worrying about SSO on the QFP, why not just solder the BGA > yourself? It has been down with a 256 ball Xilinx BGA using, believe it > or not, a toaster oven. > > See http://dlharmon.com/solder/smd.html > > Regards, > Chris Johnson > > henrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >>Hi!=0D >>=0D >>As a hobby I'm designing a graphics card for the atari computers containing= >>a=0D >>Spartan3 (XC3S400) that will implement a 16-bit DDR1 interface at 166MHz=0D >>(DDR333). I know I've asked you about this board before (but not this parti= >>cular=0D >>question), but new questions keep coming up. I hope you have patience with = >>me. :-)=0D >>=0D >>I've chosen the PQ208 package for my prototype because I want to be able to= >>=0D >>solder this board myself without paying for mounting a BGA package (like th= >>e=0D >>FT256). ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu