How to neatly solder (without loads of wires!) decoupling caps on SMT microcontrollers.

 by ste5442
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Step 6: More capacitor lead forming!

Next you need to take some more single cored wire and solder one end to the positive side of the decoupling capacitor and the other should be formed such that it is over the copper tape. This copper tape is to become our positive 'power plane'.
See images below for an idea of how it should look!
 
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