Soldering Tutorials Links needed
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@johnhooks said:
@Lakshmana said:
Anyone tried to solder the board?
As @scottalanmiller said, I would not attempt this. Most components are surface mounted and are nearly impossible to solder by hand. They are done mechanically at a factory.
Unless doing it at home for fun. If as a hobby, go crazy. Lots of great home projects can be done this way. My dad, for example, likes to build his own sensor systems off of Raspberry Pi (which start at $5.)
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@Lakshmana
You'd want a soldering station that can hold the iron in a set position as you work.Otherwise, before long you'd probably end up wishing you had a third hand, trying to hold the iron and the pieces you're soldering in place.
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@ryanblahnik said:
You'd want a soldering station that can hold the iron in a set position as you work.
Often little alligator clamp kind of things. Nothing fancy.
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Yup,.. extra ' Hands' is great to have. you have solder in one hand and your iron in another. Don't go for Surface mount first,.. go for larger resisters and such first. It's more of a practice thing... I've being using an iron for years,.. both heavy duty and light. It's a trick to solder PL-259 & SO-239 connectors. As is heavy gauge wires.
Trick for splicing wires, - tin both sides first. I've seen some wire take a bit of heat before they took the solder, but once they have the solder, it's pretty quick.
Might look at this for some ideas or tools and soforth.
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-guide-excellent-soldering/tools
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@scottalanmiller said:
@ryanblahnik said:
You'd want a soldering station that can hold the iron in a set position as you work.
Often little alligator clamp kind of things. Nothing fancy.
Yup. I've got one of these and it works really well.
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@johnhooks said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@ryanblahnik said:
You'd want a soldering station that can hold the iron in a set position as you work.
Often little alligator clamp kind of things. Nothing fancy.
Yup. I've got one of these and it works really well.
I should get one,.. But you would be surprised what you can do with a pair of pliers and a rubber band.
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I learned to solder building ends on custom audio cables, then worked my way down to smaller stuff... I've only soldered on one manufactured board before (It was a TV and the power supply board had two capacitors blow on it) .
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@Lakshmana said:
I am an electronic engineer but don't even got any experience in soldering
That's incredible, I almost don't believe you. That's such a fundamental skill.... how did you build projects? How did you make anything to demonstrate what you learned?
Well, in any case we can fix this my friend, please see below videos.
Part 1 - tools
Youtube VideoPart 2 - how to solder (through hole)
Youtube VideoPart 3 - Surface mount
Youtube Video -
@MattSpeller I have fixed small issues only in bread board only.Not even done the project in Electronics board.
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@Lakshmana said:
@MattSpeller I have fixed small issues only in bread board only.Not even done the project in Electronics board.
Hey breadboards are good stuff. I suggest you get one and play around making some circuits with a 555 timer before you solder stuff together.
