Electronics, soldering , circuits - Advice needed.
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I did once repair an mp3 player. The sound wasn't working so I re-soldered one of the connections for the headphone jack and it worked well after.
Not bad considering "if I can fix it, can I have it?" = free mp3 player!
That's the absolute limit of my abilities though. If I had to actually build a circuit I'd be completely lost!
Not bad considering "if I can fix it, can I have it?" = free mp3 player!
That's the absolute limit of my abilities though. If I had to actually build a circuit I'd be completely lost!
Although I'm no expert, my soldering is reasonably tidy.
The key is to clean the joints, add flux (even if the solder has flux 'built in' I add it) and to heat the items to be joined rather than the solder itself and let their heat melt it
Is this the sort of advice / help you wanted?
The key is to clean the joints, add flux (even if the solder has flux 'built in' I add it) and to heat the items to be joined rather than the solder itself and let their heat melt it
Is this the sort of advice / help you wanted?
I have done some in the past though I must admit I'm a bit rusty and I haven't yet unpacked/found some of my kit since moving house. What is it you're wanting doing?
If you want advice, or have a project in mind, it'd be much simpler to just post it and ask - there is a very wide range of complexity when it comes to circuit building, and there's little point in sending/receiving lots of PMs with no luck, and there's an obvious possibility of someone who can do the job not PMing you.
Pete
PS: Feel free to drop me a line if you don't want to post on here, I'm "reasonable" with circuitry and could ask my dad if you need a hand, he's done more in the way of circuit building and modification.
Pete
PS: Feel free to drop me a line if you don't want to post on here, I'm "reasonable" with circuitry and could ask my dad if you need a hand, he's done more in the way of circuit building and modification.
I assembled a programmable fuel injection ECU from a kit a few years ago. I had no experience at all, and have fingers like bananas, so there is nothing real difficult about the assembly.
Phil
Phil
scraped a pass in electronics on my hnc, keep my hand in from time to time what project have you got in mind ?
TeeDee,
It depends how 'fiddly' the circuit is. Surface mount components would be more challenging, the smaller the device the shorter time you can 'cook' it for each joint.
We now also have to use lead free solder which is not as easy to work free as the old stuff. However if this is a kit from Maplin or some such thingy then you should be OK. Just don't hold the heat on each junction for too long. Heat the junction with the iron tip for a few moments then bring the solder into contact and it should flow or 'wet' to both the track and the component.
Cheers,
Steve
It depends how 'fiddly' the circuit is. Surface mount components would be more challenging, the smaller the device the shorter time you can 'cook' it for each joint.
We now also have to use lead free solder which is not as easy to work free as the old stuff. However if this is a kit from Maplin or some such thingy then you should be OK. Just don't hold the heat on each junction for too long. Heat the junction with the iron tip for a few moments then bring the solder into contact and it should flow or 'wet' to both the track and the component.
Cheers,
Steve
Ex electronics tech and surfacemount techy, also fully trained to european space agency standards.
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