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Mastering the Art of Soldering
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1
2. Safety Precautions
1
2.1. Safety Summary
2
3. Tools for Soldering and Desoldering
4
3.1. Introduction
4
3.2. The Soldering Iron
4
3.3. The Solder
5
3.4. The Desoldering Pump
6
3.5. The Soldering Wick
7
3.6. The soldering Iron Stand
7
3.7. Tweezers
8
3.8. Soldering Iron Tip Set
8
3.9. Mini Wire Stripper Tool
9
3.10. Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
9
3.11 Digital Multimeter
9
4. Creating Awesome Soldering Joints
14
4.1. General Guidelines for Soldering
14
4.2 Safety Tips when Soldering Components
14
4.3. Preparations before Soldering
16
4.4. What To Do and Not To Do When Soldering
18
4.5. How To Solder THT Components
22
4.6. Common Solder Joint Issues
24
4.7. Soldering Surface Mount Technology (SMT) Components
28
4.8. Advanced Tricks for Soldering Surface Mount Devices
31
5. Mistake? Just desolder it!
34
5.1. Introduction
34
5.2. Preparations
34
5.3. How To Desolder
35
6. How to Solder Wires Together
39
6.1. Introduction
39
6.2. Preparing the Wires to be Soldered
39
6.3. Soldering the Wires Together
41
7. Soldering Tip Cleaning and Maintenance
43
7.1. Soldering Tip Cleaning
43
7.2. Soldering Tip Maintenance
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