Soldering
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Background information
Soldering is the act of attaching devices or wires to metaltic pads on the printed circit board(PCB) by melting solder on the area
What tools you will need
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Required
- Adjustable temperature soldering iron
- Extraction fan for solder fumes
- Soldering wire (lead free or leaded)
- Soldering flux
- Solder iron tip cleaner
- Soldering iron holder
Optional but useful
- Desoldering wick
- 99% isopropyl alcohol
- Squeeze bottle
- Cotton buds(q-tips)
- lint free cotton pads
- Latex-free gloves
- Heat-resistant mat
- Set of soldering iron tips
- Heat-resistant helping hands
- Non-magnetic Tweezer set
- Digital microscope
Uses of this skill
- 1. Attaching wires to devices
- 2. Repairing broken connections
- 3. Bypassing a broken part
- Reference 1: Source details
- Reference 2: Source details
Step-by-step guide with images
Step one, enabling the fume extractor to ensure any hazardous fumes are removed (if you are able to smell the fumes then your extractor is not working correctly)
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Flow chart of order of operations
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Troubleshooting/tips and tricks
Fixes to any common issues that were encountered or could be easily encountered
Related Topics
Topics such as desoldering to chip off or firmware dumping for disk PCB repairs
Further reading
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