A watering controller that can be home networked

Step 3 Soldering the components

Once the board has been made, I solder the parts onto it.

My board needed a few jumpers, because I can't make double sided boards at home, so I soldered them in first.

I used surface mount parts for some of the components.  These were soldered onto the back of the board next.  These components are simple to solder and it is well worth taking the effort to get them soldered - as I do more and more of them, I am finding it easier and easier.

There are many great instructables on how to solder surface mount parts, just have a look at one of them for ideas.

After the surface mount parts are soldered, continue by soldering the rest of the components. 

I have created an assembly manual that shows the steps that I used.  If I decide to make kits, this will be the manual that I will supply.  It is attached.