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Step 5Pin the mike
Soldering the microphone in place is one of the most difficult steps of the whole process, a lot of things can go wrong, so be careful!
If you are lucky, you will be able to find a microphone with leads... if, like me, you are in fact NOT lucky, you will have to attach the leads to a surface mount microphone yourself. With the current design, the leads are necessary because the microphone must be soldered from the accelerometer side. Besides, there is a track that can't touch the microphone's case so it must be covered with paper, which makes reflow soldering impossible (see next step). However, if you come up with a better idea, please let me know. I am not that good at solving this kind of things.
You can also try this alternative: Soldering underneath chips. I have not tried it myself, but it looks like it may work.
Note: For this and the following steps, you may find the following instructable very useful: hand-soldering teeny tiny chips!
If you are lucky, you will be able to find a microphone with leads... if, like me, you are in fact NOT lucky, you will have to attach the leads to a surface mount microphone yourself. With the current design, the leads are necessary because the microphone must be soldered from the accelerometer side. Besides, there is a track that can't touch the microphone's case so it must be covered with paper, which makes reflow soldering impossible (see next step). However, if you come up with a better idea, please let me know. I am not that good at solving this kind of things.
You can also try this alternative: Soldering underneath chips. I have not tried it myself, but it looks like it may work.
Note: For this and the following steps, you may find the following instructable very useful: hand-soldering teeny tiny chips!
- This instructable brought to you by The PRISM Lab and Komodo OpenLab
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