Timeline for Soldering Components onto RasPi headers
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| Feb 3, 2017 at 21:52 | comment | added | Stowoda | Soldering to the board is a serious commitment to you own ideas, I think the fun just starts there. ;-) By all means, solder away! I had a cheap and clumsy soldering iron at first and it was almost impossible to solder anything with it. Very frustrating. I switched to a solder station with adjustable temparature etc. This is probably what you need. What you describe sounds a lot, like the material you want to connect to is not hot enough, so wetting the iron like @Milliways describes does probably the trick. | |
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| Jan 4, 2017 at 8:27 | answer | added | Bex | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 | comment | added | Pariah | Or just make a small breadboard that sits on top of it or use some mosfet header pins to make a clean connection | |
| Sep 29, 2014 at 15:28 | comment | added | Gerben | Try increasing your irons temperature and/or add some solder to the pads first (afterwards remove any excess) | |
| Sep 29, 2014 at 11:34 | comment | added | Roberto | Also, try to scratch a bit the pins with a file | |
| Sep 29, 2014 at 10:48 | comment | added | Milliways | I have never had to solder to the Pi, but have on many other similar boards e.g. Gertboard. I don't think there is any coating. I suspect your problem is different. I agree it can be difficult to melt the existing solder as this is lead free, and and has a high melting point. This can be a problem with the soldering irons used by many hobbyists. If you have an adjustable iron use a higher setting and make sure you have wetted the iron to ensure heat transfer to the board. | |
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| Sep 29, 2014 at 10:18 | history | asked | Kanishka Ganguly | CC BY-SA 3.0 |