I thought of jotting down few things that may help starters . As I can mange time i will enter more details.
Which soldering iron?
Technically Rs.4k-6k weller or Hakko station is a good one time buy( for the guys constant diyers and willing to put cash ).
But for most guys who build max say 20 boards in a month i recommend the Soldron in 150/-
So get this :
**Aluminum tip** -1 , Soldron 1 , stand 1 , wet clean type sponge 1 ,
file -1 .
Which solder,flux :
WBT silver mini roll via ebay.com some 350/-, this will go min 10 boards for sure , most local solders here in bangalore are crap .
while in delhi you can manage with SINCON (local one flows nice , but you will prefer the WBT 3% silver solder )
get the AMTECH paste flux from mobile shop,it is the best in <100Rs
Cut the fluff:
Temperature control : you will not need unless it is an SMD device like dac chip , practically most amp and other ICs will survive for 15sec at 200Deg (Rough guess )
Damage during soldering:
Well it is like making an egg omelet..i recommend contact duration keep in 3 sec all will be good
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Notes : so far the guide is for thru-hole components
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Learning soldering :
Start with a small kit from Kits n Spares or vegakit , just let it be Simple alarm / op amp in < 200rs say !
there are many youtube vids and if you are the bookish type there is good read here .
Steps are simple :
1. pour water to the cleaning sponge. Just clean the tip with that .
aluminum tip dont need filing , so directly you can solder . but i recommended you make the tip little rough by file .
2. scratch the joint with blade like thing or clean with IP alcohol
3.take the solder wire to joint(important) and melt for 3-5secs ,release
continue this untill solder covers it.
dont melt the wire and take onthe tip and apply ..it was good for old 'Re-cord' type solderings,new rounded tips dont do well in this way....
--TBD
Which soldering iron?
Technically Rs.4k-6k weller or Hakko station is a good one time buy( for the guys constant diyers and willing to put cash ).
But for most guys who build max say 20 boards in a month i recommend the Soldron in 150/-
So get this :
**Aluminum tip** -1 , Soldron 1 , stand 1 , wet clean type sponge 1 ,
file -1 .
Which solder,flux :
WBT silver mini roll via ebay.com some 350/-, this will go min 10 boards for sure , most local solders here in bangalore are crap .
while in delhi you can manage with SINCON (local one flows nice , but you will prefer the WBT 3% silver solder )
get the AMTECH paste flux from mobile shop,it is the best in <100Rs
Cut the fluff:
Temperature control : you will not need unless it is an SMD device like dac chip , practically most amp and other ICs will survive for 15sec at 200Deg (Rough guess )
Damage during soldering:
Well it is like making an egg omelet..i recommend contact duration keep in 3 sec all will be good
===========================================
Notes : so far the guide is for thru-hole components
===========================================
Learning soldering :
Start with a small kit from Kits n Spares or vegakit , just let it be Simple alarm / op amp in < 200rs say !
there are many youtube vids and if you are the bookish type there is good read here .
Steps are simple :
1. pour water to the cleaning sponge. Just clean the tip with that .
aluminum tip dont need filing , so directly you can solder . but i recommended you make the tip little rough by file .
2. scratch the joint with blade like thing or clean with IP alcohol
3.take the solder wire to joint(important) and melt for 3-5secs ,release
continue this untill solder covers it.
dont melt the wire and take onthe tip and apply ..it was good for old 'Re-cord' type solderings,new rounded tips dont do well in this way....
--TBD