Really appreciate this advice! I haven't touched soldering iron in about a decade and even when I did I wasn't very good. But I think thanks to this video I managed to get my Adafruit board's headers soldered on. Not quite a Pico but very similar challenge!
Thank you much❤, seen a few of these. Cleary you can see the solder touching. But Nobody was saying that, And I want to hear it. As silly as that may be, thank you for the extra specific❤
Damn, I have about 10 or so Zero W's I soldered (partial) headers to. The hardest part was making sure they were straight, even though it didn't really matter for what I need. Never even thought of using my breadboard to hold things.🤣
You might want to alternate from one side of the header to the other i.e. pin 1 then pin 20 then pin 2 then pin 19 etc. The reason is to let the pin you just soldered to cool a little. If you do it the way show here, ie. pin1 then pin 2 etc then it is possible for the header plastic to melt in that area. Guess why I suggest this?!
This is a great idea but isn't there a risk of melting the plastic of the breadboard? I always worried about that so I never did it this way. I do have a few older dirty breadboards I could try this on to see. Thanks for a great video! Where did you get that breadboard you showed? I like its configuration! THANKS!
This may be a dumbquestion, but, just to test the capabilities of the pico with a breadboard, can the pic rest on the headers like you show at the beginning and be used with the device BEFORE the soldering is complete? Do that make sense? I do not want to solder until I am comfortable with the usage is why I ask.
Not with normal header pins as the contact between the pins and pads on the pico won't be good enough. You could try with something like pogo pins but at that point it's probably easier to grab a spare pico and have a go at soldering!
Follow the instructions of your solder. No one on TH-cam knows what solder you own, therefore no one is capable of telling you what temperature to use.
why don't they come already soldered as in other microcontrollers???... They haven't learned the lesson about the end-user needs on just buying the thing, plug, and play.
@@deltakid0 not everyone wants the headers pre-soldered. Schools often buy these because they’re cheap and accessible, and learning how to solder is part of your education as an electrical or computer engineer.
Really appreciate this advice! I haven't touched soldering iron in about a decade and even when I did I wasn't very good. But I think thanks to this video I managed to get my Adafruit board's headers soldered on. Not quite a Pico but very similar challenge!
Like the soldering guide! Gonna follow this when I get my header pins. Thanks!
Let me know how you get on! :)
Good soldering technique and good tip about using the breadboard...I always just end up balancing things on other componnents, a pencil etc...
thanks for the trick with the breadboard, saves a lot of effort!
Thank you much❤, seen a few of these. Cleary you can see the solder touching. But Nobody was saying that, And I want to hear it. As silly as that may be, thank you for the extra specific❤
Damn, I have about 10 or so Zero W's I soldered (partial) headers to. The hardest part was making sure they were straight, even though it didn't really matter for what I need. Never even thought of using my breadboard to hold things.🤣
you helped my soldering so much, Thank you so much! (Liked and Subbed).
I don't know why everybody cuts the "pushing the header pins into the breadboard" part....
You might want to alternate from one side of the header to the other i.e. pin 1 then pin 20 then pin 2 then pin 19 etc. The reason is to let the pin you just soldered to cool a little.
If you do it the way show here, ie. pin1 then pin 2 etc then it is possible for the header plastic to melt in that area. Guess why I suggest this?!
What power iron is enough? 80w?
Irrelevant. Follow the instructions of your solder. Some need 350F, some need 400F-450F
This is a great idea but isn't there a risk of melting the plastic of the breadboard? I always worried about that so I never did it this way. I do have a few older dirty breadboards I could try this on to see. Thanks for a great video! Where did you get that breadboard you showed? I like its configuration! THANKS!
This may be a dumbquestion, but, just to test the capabilities of the pico with a breadboard, can the pic rest on the headers like you show at the beginning and be used with the device BEFORE the soldering is complete? Do that make sense? I do not want to solder until I am comfortable with the usage is why I ask.
Not with normal header pins as the contact between the pins and pads on the pico won't be good enough. You could try with something like pogo pins but at that point it's probably easier to grab a spare pico and have a go at soldering!
@@LearnEmbeddedSystems great- thank you :)
The pins are smaller than the holes, so you'll have weak, faint, or just non-existent connections.
How much would the most basic soldering kit cost? I just bought a pico. I have no other soldering tools.
Most basic? $10
Suggestion - Use cold LED lamps to light your videos.
Thank you for the suggestion, I will look into grabbing some LED filming lights for the channel.
Which breadboard are you using, where did you buy it from?
what temperature should my iron be at though?
Follow the instructions of your solder. No one on TH-cam knows what solder you own, therefore no one is capable of telling you what temperature to use.
yep i screwed this up and it's not working now ..oh well
why don't they come already soldered as in other microcontrollers???... They haven't learned the lesson about the end-user needs on just buying the thing, plug, and play.
they do but it costs extra...
@@Kiven7e then charge _the extra_ instead of selling an incomplete thing
@@deltakid0 lol, I feel you. Soldering fumes scare me!
@@deltakid0 not everyone wants the headers pre-soldered. Schools often buy these because they’re cheap and accessible, and learning how to solder is part of your education as an electrical or computer engineer.