May 12, 2010

Desoldering an SMD IC with a Candle

Rolo’s electronics projects has an interesting technique for Desoldering an SMD IC with a Candle. This is not the correct way to remove this type of chip, use some hot air instead. He didn’t have any of the proper tools at hand and needed to get his Siteplayer up and running.  A trip to the local computer shop scored him some over priced antique computer cards which had the surface