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Soldering is the metallurgic process used to fix electronic components to a PCB, usually with a tin alloy. Soldering can be done by hand or automatic. PTH boards were usually wave soldered, SMT uses reflow technology.

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Solder won't stick

Heat! (One word answer) A classic reason solder won't stick to something is because you're not getting it hot enough. My interns come to me with this problem all the time. Make sure the tip of the …
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soldering nichrome wire

Have you considered a simple screw terminal or chocolate block?
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how hard can it be to soldier and assemble Sanguinololu 1.3a without prior experience

Soldering really isn't that hard, If you practice first, then you can be reasonably confident of doing a good job. If you're buying a 3D printer, then you must be fairly technically minded. … Most of the soldering problems I see are have something to do with heat transfer. Now follows advice about following rule 1. Advice 1: Make sure the soldering iron tip is shiny. …
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DIY Reflow soldering

Components designed to be reflowed will not melt in an oven. If a connector is too fiddly to solder by hand, then it's probably designed to be reflowed. If it's hand-solderable, then you can just hand …
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How to connect external switches to this circuit board

Here's how to solder it neatly: As Polynomial suggested, First rub the gold pads with a little fine sandpaper (1200 grit), or a salmon Garyflex block. Clean it with some methylated spirits. Run a lit …
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ARM processor on a PCB

It seems like you want to use a soviet era rocket launcher to kill a fly. Your task is very simple, but you talking about using a fairly powerful microcontroller and an operating system to control it. …
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What is the best way to heat sink a chip when soldering it on?

This may have been a problem back in the old days, but new chips are made to survive lead-free reflow soldering temperatures. But here's a good tip. Hold your finger on the chip while you solder it. … Secondly, if it gets too hot for your finger, stop soldering for a bit. Hugo …
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