Soldering Tutorials Links needed
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I am an electronic engineer but don't even got any experience in soldering in my college days as well as in my work time.
Soldering is not the part of IT job,I accept but the learning does not have end in anytime -
Do you have soldering equipment at home? You can really just start practising. There is not a lot to learn.
How did they not teach soldering in an EE program? Even in non-electrical engineering I had to learn soldering, brazing and welding as just entry level basics.
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What did they do instead of soldering for your EE classes? How were you doing your electrical assemblies without it?
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That is our college syllabus
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Soldering isn't really something you set out to learn. Really it's about wanting to build electrical components that requires it. What's your end goal?
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@Lakshmana said:
That is our college syllabus
How did you do the electrical parts of the electrical degree, though? Just tape everything together?
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Doing an Anduino project might be a good place to give yourself a reason to be soldering stuff.
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I saw some circuits in Internet .So I trying to build that circuit soon.I have done Electronic Engineering where in our college syllabus the soldering practical or theory not even seen.
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@Lakshmana said:
I saw some circuits in Internet .So I trying to build that circuit soon.I have done Electronic Engineering where in our college syllabus the soldering practical or theory not even seen.
But what did they do instead? How were you building circuits without it? There are other ways, but so impractical for learning.
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We used some small bread boards for the electronic connections but no other extra things
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Good Suggestion to get Soldering Kit for Beginner,I am interested to order Kit for learning.
What should I see for buying the Soldering Kit? -
That I'm not sure, I'm no expert. A good iron and vacuum bulb are important. It doesn't take much to solder.
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@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.
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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) .
