We think you’re really going to enjoy this trick for making surface mount breakout boards. It’s common to use magnet wire to connect individual pins of a surface mount part to breadboar… ...

Soldering pin headers by hand is a tedious task, especially when your project has a huge number of them. [iforce2d] has a large number of boards with a lot of headers, and has created a rather spec… ...

The solderless press-fit multispring pin also prevents heat damage to board-mounted components. Mag-Mate provides an IDC (insulation-displacement connection) slot to further aid manufacturing by ...

Lead solder features a lower melting point, so it’s quicker to use and less challenging to work than lead free solder. However, it’s toxic and bad for the environment.

With this circuit you can plug in your battery though the connector and solder two wires: one from the 5v output pin on the PowerBoost to the Pi's 5v input (labeled on the GPIO diagram above), and ...

I decided to try solder seal butt connectors to tie into the factory wires, mainly because they claimed to be waterproof. But I soon found there are more reasons to use them instead of traditional ...

Steel wire, screwdrivers, nails, and Alan wrenches are all potential tools for your emergency soldering. Just heat your wire or other steel tool over some open flame for 20-30 seconds and then ...