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Solder bridging when reflowing QFP

Today I attempted to reflow solder a board using a solder paste mask and a hot air station but for a QFP chip, I got a of solder bridging. This has generally been my experience with trying to solder ...
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Hand soldering QFP component

I recently came across this video on YouTube, in which the guy is soldering a .5 mm QFP component. Hand soldering a .5 mm QFP Chip As I haven't done a lot of soldering in my life (and never used ...
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Easiest way to solder connections to all the legs on a surface-mount chip?

Recently, I went through the process of soldering wires onto the legs of a TQFP chip (~0.8mm pitch) which has already been mounted on a PCB. This is a project where I am doing some modifications to ...
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how to manually solder exposed-pad QFP package (Altera 144 pins)

I need to manually solder an exposed-pad QFP Altera FPGA. This is crucial, since the pad is used for electrical purpose (not for thermal purpose) I have tried the following but failed. I just put ...
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Pad dimensions and land patterns for QFPs

I'm putting together a footprint for a 100-pin, 14x14mm TQFP, and I'm finding conflicting designs. The pitch and width of the pads are all basically the same, but the length and centering of the pads ...
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