I can not help myself. Save me!
Ok so I have read how to SMD solder all over the place. I have done it a fair amount. I am asking because this is much smaller than an OPAMP (easy to do), and there was mention of the traces on the board being easy to mess up?
My plan... I like to cut the leads on the old device with a knife/razor and then use the iron to push out the old legs. From there I have simply gently set the new SMD on top of the little bit of solder left and gently heated the legs, going from different leg to leg, gently pushing on the SMD. This has worked quiet well in the past. I usually do end up adding a little solder though. Do any of you see any reason not too? I figure the other option might be just wrapping the entire thing in tin-foil a few times except the DAC, and put a heat gun to it, use some pliers and make the swap. It is also easy to remove the legs and remove the solder with a solder wick, and individually solder each maybe, well not too easy, they are very small on these things.
Solder paste looks toooo risky. I wish I had a special iron tip that would just hit all the pins! I wonder if I could make one out of some solid copper wire, and strap it onto the current solder tip...
