Two photos from my attempt to solder today. First time using a soldering iron. I’m feeling relatively good about how this turned out!
Letting it cool down for a bit before I see if the BME680 board is still working!
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Looks pretty good to me. What I do is skip a pin, and do every second pin. Then go back to the start and do the ones I skipped. It spreads the heat out for less chance of damaging something. On the GPIO headers I do every second pin on one row. Then do the same for the second row. Then go back to row 1 and do the ones I skipped. It’s an old habit I picked up many years ago. It spreads the heat out and by the time you back to the beginning again its all cooled off.
Anyway, nice job, have fun. =)
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That’s a great idea! Thanks for the tip!
Hi there. i agree - nice job. I know that this is probably obvious anyway, but I would add that the size of soldering iron is important - use the smallest wattage as possible.
Having the right sized tip helps too. Found this.
https://learn.pimoroni.com/tutorial/sandyj/the-ultimate-guide-to-soldering
Very useful info. on that link for beginners.
Excellent first try. One tip is to use the thinnest solder you can get. It gives better control over how much solder goes into the joint. Ideally you want it to look like this:
