[hpsdr] [OZY] QFP or BGA?

[Ray Anderson]

> Let's have a yes/no vote on using BGAs in the HPSDR project.


Clock in another NO vote on BGAs if there are any other viable
solutions. Granted, BGA parts will eventually need to be dealt with on
some of the planned designs but in those cases where there are
alternatives let's try to stick with the non-BGA solution.

While I am sure they _could_ be mounted in a non-professional
environment, I'm not sure I'd count on doing it successfully multiple
times. Leaded or semi-leaded devices are so much easier to deal with
either with hot-air or toaster oven technology (or even a soldering
iron..)

I'm going to talk to some of our BGA rework people and see what they
recommend for mounting BGAs outside of a production environment.

-Ray   WB6TPU



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