i need to do some soldering. which iron should i get. this, perhaps?
i'll post my project once it's complete. :)
i'll post my project once it's complete. :)
Any chisel-tip, temperature-controlled iron should do.
so does that exclude butane irons? they're not temperature-controlled, right?
Apparently, they can be: http://www.arcade-electronics.com/detail.aspx?ID=352
Ditto on what bluet said ...
see also this thread where I ask dumb but important questions about purchasing a soldering iron.
soldering takes a $150 buy-in for a decent set-up?
sounds about right.
Psh. A sponge and a $20 iron is all I ever saw anyone use.
hell you can do a lot with a 10 dollar iron. The only time i need my good iron is for smd work.
that's what i want to do. build circuit boards.
throughhole != smd both are on boards. for smd a shot plate is best. =O
i don't know what that means.
I don't know either....
Gotta replace a battery in an SNES cartridge, so I'll be busting out my soldering iron again soon!
Gotta replace a battery in an SNES cartridge, so I'll be busting out my soldering iron again soon!
Through-hole. Components have thin metal legs that poke through holes in the circuit board:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons … 061229.jpg
SMD (surface-mount device). Components have have metal ends which are soldered onto the surface of the curcuit board:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons … loseup.jpg
With a board that only has SMD components on one side, you can put it on a hotplate, and pick and place components with tweezers:
http://eecue.com/i/MMCA-Teaching-Hot-Plate-So … 79w1_l.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons … 061229.jpg
SMD (surface-mount device). Components have have metal ends which are soldered onto the surface of the curcuit board:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons … loseup.jpg
With a board that only has SMD components on one side, you can put it on a hotplate, and pick and place components with tweezers:
http://eecue.com/i/MMCA-Teaching-Hot-Plate-So … 79w1_l.jpg
A heat gun helps too. I fucked up an nvidia GTX 285 because of this. Doi :(