Thread: DIY digital compass: electronics experts needed!
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2009-09-21 , 02:12
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Originally Posted by patstew View Post
if you want the easy soldering option, you would also have to get the big style microchip, and you still have to find a way to hold it all together, and it's getting a lot bigger.
Oh, right - I didn't realize that the other chips you mentioned are also surface mount. Well, I did see this link the other day about DIY surface mount soldering using a toaster oven, but I'm not sure I'm ready to pop electronics into kitchen appliances yet (my wife might also have something to say about that...)

If/when I get around to trying this, I'll probably use the bigger chips to ensure greater chances of me actually being able to build the thing. I imagine that as long as the device is small enough to be pocketable, so it can be taken out when needed, it would still be usable - though of course, smaller would be better.

EDIT - This seems to be a feasible way to solder the surface mount chips that would be involved: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/tut...torials_id=100
Last edited by Otaku; 2009-09-21 at 03:40.