Introduction: Make Your Own Hobby Jumper Cables
My budget is small, so these can save some money and help your soldering skills.
Supplies
Heat shrink tubing
As many alligator clips as you want
Solder and iron
Red and black wire
Hair dryer or heat gun
Multimeter (opt.)
Step 1: Soldering
Put your wire in one clip and turn on your iron. Touch the solder to the tip of your iron and let it drip onto the wire and clip. The end with the wire is the non-clip end, look at the pix to see what I mean.
Step 2: Testing
Take your multimeter and clip one cable on to the leads of your multimeter. Turn it on to the continuity or lowest ohm setting and it should beep or show a very low ohm reading. If you don't have a multimeter, don't worry about this step.
Step 3: Done
Use for testing circuits and fun!
Thanks for reading,
g3holliday
2 Comments
2 years ago on Step 3
Thank you for your contribution to the maker community.
I have made up some jumpers like this. They can be very handy and helpful.
I see that you have completed the "Electronics Class". That's super.
If you want to create even better soldering joints, you can by improving your soldering knowledge and skills. May I recommend that you check out these:
Steps 3&4 of https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-solder/
and steps 3-5 of https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Solder-Basic-Soldering-Guide/
I hope you'll find these helpful.
Best to you and all your efforts, Ron
Reply 2 years ago
Thank you very much!
I will check out those.