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I have been avoiding soldering for a long time and in turn avoiding hardware projects. Yesterday I finally went and bought a solder iron to start working on my mini desk weather station. My first ever soldering job. How did I do?

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  • 8
    First time ok.
    To be good there's a long way to go :)
  • 1
    @thaelgar yes i have much to learn.
  • 4
    Good job for the first time. What I usually do is make the soldering iron quite hot, 300C-400C and then touch both the pin and the metal ring on the board with it. After that's heated up a bit (about 1-3s depending on temperature) you can touch the touch the place where ring and pin meet with some solder. What you're going for is a nice concave (bit like a J, with the lower end horizontally) solder join. I believe pin 2 and 3 on the bottom row are like this as far as I can see. If you get a blob on top your solder has only adhered to the pin and not the board and is likely to break, you should heat up that metal ring more next time then
  • 1
    @Tobyvw i came across a video that explained what you said. Thank you anyway.
  • 6
    Looks good. For soldering, the answer is always "use more flux".
  • 0
    Good start. But you got a long way to go...
  • 4
    Regarding the temperature. Here it's prob not so important. But if you start soldering active (smd) parts take a look in the datasheet for allowed temperatures, normally there should be some information regarding soldering temp.
    Most of the time it's better to don't turn the iron to hot. If you don't want to burn your chips.

    pro tip: tin-lead solder has also a given melting temperature you need to reach and there are differences.
  • 1
    Quite decent for a first try
    Keep it up
  • 0
    @amahlaka That makes sense. I might have used too little. I will keep that in mind for next time.
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