[Coco] A question for all you hardware hackers out there...

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 30 October 2014 11:38:55 tim at franklinlabs.com did opine
And Gene did reply:
> I'm looking at continuing the development of a CoCo hardware project I
> started a few years or so ago. The project is FPGA based and will use
> a medium density QFP chip (284 pins). My question is; how do hobbyists
> manufacture low quantity PCB's that have such a part or even BGA
> components? Soldering devices are just not practical and there doesn't
> seem to be a viable remote carrier that I can find that will allow the
> part to be installed on a PCB without it being installed by a
> professional board house.
> 
> There's gotta be a better way. PLCC's were a good alternative but the
> densities on current FPGA's are beyond the PLCC relm.
> 
> Any ideas or suggestions????

Look up making a reflow oven out of a toaster oven.  That should give you 
an overview.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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