Figured I would pick up soldiering electronics as a new skill. This is the first thing I created, it works. Any tips or ideas are appreciated!
Figured I would pick up soldiering electronics as a new skill. This is the first thing I created, it works. Any tips or ideas are appreciated!
Cool stuff. Thanks!
OP I’m doing the same as you, maybe a bit farther along. What helped me get better with the iron (a lot better) is salvaging or swapping out parts. Getting a sense of timing and pressure with the iron took me a while, as well as learning about the impact of heat settings.
It’s nice when you can happily destroy a part while working on it to learn “oh shit, I shouldn’t do that” without feeling like an important piece or project is in jeopardy when you inevitably (if like me…) fuck something up.
Very true, practice is practice and better practice on something that doesnt cost much or is broken annyways. I always found it harder to desolder than to assemble a kit for example because it can be a pain to get components out if they have more than 2 pins if you dont have a good desolder sucker pump thingy.