Soldering and Desoldering Tips and Tricks
Video Walkthrough
How do I turn on the soldering irons in PRLTA 103?
How do I solder through-hole components by hand?
- Soldering through-hole components video from EEVblog
- How to solder - through hole soldering tutorial from sparkfun
How do I solder surface mount components by hand?
Capacitors, diodes, inductors, resistors
- How to solder SMT 0805 components video from ItsInOurKernel
- Surface Mount Soldering 101 video from CuriousInventor
DPAK-style components (MOSFETs, voltage regulators)
- Soldering DPACK components video from EEVblog
Integrated circuits (ICs)
- Soldering large ICs video from EEVblog
- Surface Mount Soldering 101 video from CuriousInventor
- Soldering QFN and QFP package video from Nick Leijenhorst
How do I solder surface mount components using a reflow oven?
This method involves applying solder paste to the pads on the PCB, manually placing your surface mount components into the solder paste, and baking the board in a special oven to solder the entire PCB at once. This method is not really easier than hand soldering for one-off PCBs; you are trading one set of challenges for a different set. If you are interested in using solder paste and the reflow oven to solder your components, please contact Osama Jameel in PRLTA 109.
