Pick up your soldering iron and chill out as you focus and get into your zen headspace, kick back and listen to these LoFi beats in the background as you join the element14 presents team working away on their printed circuit boards. Let the stress melt away to the sizzling sounds of flux and paste as the components wick and slide into place. Whether it's leaded solder, unleaded solder or solder paste, whip out your solder sucker and solder wick and get to work.
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What's your Go-To Soldering Hardware?
Do you solder at your workbench, or do you find yourself soldering on the go with a USB soldering iron? Do you prefer to work with a solder sucker, or is solder wick more your style? Leaded solder, or unleaded?
When it comes to soldering your project it can depend on what the purpose is. Whether you are repairing electronics or putting together a prototype project, you may find yourself choosing the type of soldering iron that is best suited for what you are doing at the time. Still, with products like multicomp pro's bench soldering iron or Pinecil's portable offering, there is a lot of room for soldering equipment of varying types depending on what you need.
Kit Yourself Out
| Product Name | Manufacturer | Quantity | Buy Kit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multicomp Pro Soldering Station | multicomp pro | 1 | Buy Now |
| USB Soldering Iron | multicomp pro | 1 | Buy Now |
| Desoldering station | multicomp pro | 1 | Buy Now |
You can find more at the Farnell/Newark/element14 online store.
Up Your Soldering Skills
Here are a selection of episodes and past videos to help you to solder:
- DIY Hot Plate for SMD Soldering Using Raspberry Pi Pico -- Episode 655
- Make your Own Auto-Sensing Solder Fume Extractor -- Episode 523
- Soldering Up the rc2014 Homebrew Z80 Computer Kit -- Episode 454
- Hand Soldered LED Oscilloscope -- Episode 408
- Macroscope Soldering Tool -- Episode 379
- Soldering A Voice Changer Kit -- The Learning Circuit 47
- Learn to Solder -- The Learning Circuit 07
- Basic Soldering Tools -- The Learning Circuit 06
- Three Tips to Improve Your Soldering - Workbench Wednesdays 52
- Pros and Cons of Low-Temp Solder Paste - Workbench Wednesdays 46
- Desoldering Wick Tips and Tricks with Superwick - Workbench Wednesdays 37
- Soldering Maintenance Myths -- Workbench Wednesdays 07
- Capacitor Replacement on a Commodore 64 - A Lesson in Through-Hole Soldering -- Workbench Wednesdays 04
- Considerations for Solder Station Upgrades -- Workbench Wednesdays 03
- Ben Heck Teaches Alyson How to Solder Episode -- Episode 161
- Ben's Wearable Solder Gauntlet Part 2 Episode -- Episode 140
- Ben's Wearable Solder Gauntlet Part 1 Episode -- Episode 139
- Ben Heck's Surface Mount Soldering Tips and Tricks Episode -- Episode 119
- Ben's Home-Brew Solder Reflow Oven 2.0 Episode -- Episode 116
- Watch Ben's Soldering Tutorial Episode -- Episode 55
