Soldering 103: Through Hole Soldering aka Building an Arduino Protoshield.

[Oneslowz28]

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Soldering 103: Through Hole Soldering aka Building an Arduino Protoshield.



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(http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/frontpage/?q=Soldering-103-through-hole)By: Charles Gantt

In this tutorial I will cover soldering through hole components to a PCB. To do this I will be setting up a Arduino Proto-Shield remixed from Seeed Studio (http://www.seeedstudio.com). So heat up your iron and get ready to melt some metal (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/frontpage/?q=Soldering-103-through-hole).

[SXRguyinMA]

good tip on bending the outermost pins on the headers, I hadn't thought of that! I usually hold the board in one clip of my helping hands and the header in the other, and balance it all just right until I get one pin soldered lol

[AmEv]

This makes me nervous.


I don't have a decent soldering gun.

Yes, it's a Weller. However, the recent tips are dang expensive. The frustrating part about them is the fact the last two literally split from overheating, NOT from force.

ARRGHH D:<