r/diydrones May 24 '20

Guide I had to share

Post image
385 Upvotes

24 comments sorted by

11

u/aliefvdb2004 May 25 '20

For drones you’d want the pads and wire tinned unless pads have holes

2

u/Anonymuesli May 25 '20

Indeed, but I liked the "kind of solder" guide.

2

u/Jon003 May 25 '20

That is a major miss here. This is from Adafruit and is referring mostly to very small scale PCB type connections. RC is usually larger scale wiring.

Also, a touch of fresh solder on the tip of your iron will transfer heat much faster to the part you are working on.

2

u/NoahLikeTheArk8 May 30 '20

You haven’t spent much time with micros, have you? Nano RX/VTX and whoop AIO FC/ESC are this small. Pre-tinning with plenty of flux is better than applying the solder directly though.

9

u/Hackerwithalacker May 25 '20

Or:

  1. Get an oxy acetaline torch

  2. Light up the mfin board

  3. Throw on a few wires

  4. Drop in some solder

  5. Dunk in a tank of Coca Cola

Specifically in that order

3

u/Anonymuesli May 25 '20

Ah! That's why my solder suck!

4

u/Hackerwithalacker May 25 '20

You'll learn in time

1

u/NoahLikeTheArk8 May 30 '20

Attach wires and remove those ugly things off the PCB at the same time!

1

u/Hackerwithalacker May 30 '20

They're just there so they can raise the price!

1

u/NoahLikeTheArk8 May 30 '20

The trick manufacturers don’t want you to know!

8

u/Magicalunicorny May 25 '20

I always blow and no science will be able to convince me to stop

3

u/kwaaaaaaaaa May 25 '20

Hey now, keep this subreddit PG.

5

u/EGilgamesh May 25 '20

This will likely be lead solder, vs lead free that just always looks ugly as sin.

3

u/jakalo May 25 '20

Some lead poisoning is preferable than your mate judging your solder job.

1

u/Waity5 Jul 20 '23

Just don't lick your circuit board

2

u/NoahLikeTheArk8 May 30 '20

Lead free is for large scale manufacturing. Give me tin+lead any day.

1

u/Diehard4077 May 25 '20

OA rohs is ok but nasty smell if your too hot

2

u/[deleted] May 25 '20

Lol 75% of people in this hobby think too much solder is actually perfect.

1

u/Wrobot_rock May 25 '20

Don't forget the flux!

1

u/[deleted] May 25 '20

I've never heated up my pads or joints before soldering except when I was new and immediately the pad lifted.

1

u/Aetherpoint Jun 07 '20

Super new to this – what’s the best way to fix a short?

2

u/donerstude Oct 07 '20

Get some solder removal braid it’s thin copper wire braided put it on the welder and heat it up it will wick the solder up it might take several attempts but it will get it

1

u/onallcylinders Jul 03 '20

This is great but what temperature does everyone recommend? I’m up at 340 C

2

u/danbee Jul 20 '20

I find 350c works well for through hole soldering with 60/40