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Step 2From Resistors to Jumpers in 10 steps
When working with through-hole components the rules for soldering are easy to remember:
- mount components according to their size (smaller first)
- heat the soldering pad with the pen and place the tin on the pad as well, letting it flow and distribute uniformly over the connection
- less is more: be a little conservative with your use of tin, it is enough to have filled the small hole where the component is connected, you don't need to add a mounting of tin, won't work better, just the same
The order is then:
1. resistors
2. pushbutton
3. IC sockets
4. sound jack
5. polyester capacitors
6. LEDs
7. electrolytic capacitors
8. PS2 connector
9. pin headers
10. jumpers
Be very careful with the way you connect the electrolytic capacitors. The through-hole caps are always having the (-) negative pin marked, but the PCBs are always showing the (+) positive one.
- mount components according to their size (smaller first)
- heat the soldering pad with the pen and place the tin on the pad as well, letting it flow and distribute uniformly over the connection
- less is more: be a little conservative with your use of tin, it is enough to have filled the small hole where the component is connected, you don't need to add a mounting of tin, won't work better, just the same
The order is then:
1. resistors
2. pushbutton
3. IC sockets
4. sound jack
5. polyester capacitors
6. LEDs
7. electrolytic capacitors
8. PS2 connector
9. pin headers
10. jumpers
Be very careful with the way you connect the electrolytic capacitors. The through-hole caps are always having the (-) negative pin marked, but the PCBs are always showing the (+) positive one.
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