The AlienTek HP20 Hot Plate With Reflow Profiles Demonstrates The Truth About BGA Reflow!

AlienTek sent me one of their HP20 Hotplates to test and review. The small device emulates the reflow profiles found in much larger BGA rework stations... and raises some interesting points about what you can actually do with this sort of equipment. They are very useful in some scenarios but not so much in other cases. Want to find out the truth about BGA rework and reflow? You just gotta press PLAY!

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