I’ve been looking at various nano-sized bits and bobs and I can’t figure out how to install them.
Is it just a matter of practice, working on these tiny parts, or is there a different solution?
Pretty sure I need a finer solder tip and a big magnifier of some sort.
Small soldering iron. Leaded solder and patience. They get easier with practice,
I use a 0.6mm conical tip soldering iron bit and also use a liquid flux in a syringe that can be precisely applied to the pads even though the solder is multicore it just helps things along. Also use some fine solder 0.7mm diameter.
I had to solder two surface mount connectors back to back for a flight controller cable to a Dji 03 air unit cable in my TBS Chupito build. It’s less messy than a switch, so while waiting to acquiring Satellites the air unit doesn’t overheat. The trick was to wet the tip followed by just touching the pins, the wiring needs to be reversed on one of the connectors.
I need to get one of those practice boards.
My uncle taught me to solder by giving me an iron and sitting me next to a bin of old circuit boards in his workshop at work.
Between my uncle and my grandfather I was electrocuted, burned my fingertips, sliced off the tip of a finger, learned to drink beer and remain cool at gunpoint before the age of ten.
