https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/ced7e347-34fe-401c-832e-f39ad86ef3ad Dave shows another method for hand soldering a surface mount SMD chip with a thermal pad, using both liquid and gel flux. A method using hot air is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_rO6oPVsws Also, drag soldering TSSOP packages is demonstrated. http://pcbzone.net/ Forum Topic: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-434-smd-thermal-pad-drag-soldering-tutorial EEVblog Main Web Site: http://www.eevblog.com EEVblog Amazon Store: http://astore.amazon.com/eevblogstore-20 Donations: http://www.eevblog.com/donations/ Projects: http://www.eevblog.com/projects/ Electronics Info Wiki: http://www.eevblog.com/wiki/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:38:23 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/ced7e347-34fe-401c-832e-f39ad86ef3ad All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.