Hey i have this board a friend gave me from some video monitoring system like a camera switch board. It has tons of ICs some other things as well.
Most if not all ICs are surface mount.
My main question is what would be the best way to get all these ICs off the board and into my hand
I want to recycle basically (reuse) the parts (ics) and other things. I was wondering if anyone had tips to remove these with ease or at least the minimal amount of damage.
Some parts to name:
10 74HC4051
23 Omron Switches with Caps
5 BT829AKPF - VideoStream DECODER
2 BT866KPF - Video Encoder EDIT:
a few of each: IDT7202,IDT7203,IDT7204 Which are AsyncFIFO.
28.63MHZ OSC
54 MHZ OSC
IDT71256 32K x 8 Static RAM
I've used heat gun like **broken link removed**. The cheap ones will do. With some PCB's you can turn the component side down, heat the solder side, and they just fall out. Others require a little help pulling the component out. But, do it some where you don't mind the smell of burning solder-mask and silkscreen.
Jason, I agree with Ken, and just want to add a bit... get yourself a pail - metal is best, and prop your circuit board on the pail, components down, then when you have heated up an area, tap the board on the edge of the pail, and stuff should fall into the pail.
I would try and do this outside, as it can cause quite the stink...