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by _f1tness
Wed Aug 07, 2019 8:49 pm
Forum: Support (mintyPi)
Topic: Minty Pi v.3 Audio
Replies: 19
Views: 9485

Re: Minty Pi v.3 Audio

Thank you for that info. The pad came off when I moved the wire attached and tried to set the speaker in place. I covered the expressed areas with clear nail polish to prevent shorting. I continue to get this problem with the board removed from the tin so I can minimize my potential for shorts while...
by _f1tness
Tue Aug 06, 2019 10:40 pm
Forum: Support (mintyPi)
Topic: Minty Pi v.3 Audio
Replies: 19
Views: 9485

Re: Minty Pi v.3 Audio

I'm having a similar problem. My sound worked with some scratchy performance in the first part of the build, but when I went to shorten my speaker leads, one of the pads popped off. I tried exposing the foil run to solder the other end to it and now I get nothing but static for sound in both the hea...
by _f1tness
Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:03 pm
Forum: Support (mintyPi)
Topic: Soldering technique question
Replies: 3
Views: 5495

Re: Soldering technique question

Ok. Thanks! I will look those over. And that does make sense
by _f1tness
Tue Jul 23, 2019 7:46 pm
Forum: Support (mintyPi)
Topic: Soldering technique question
Replies: 3
Views: 5495

Soldering technique question

I watched the latest mintypi build. Great project! My son and I are about to begin the build this next week. I had a quick soldering question, has anyone tried tinning the pi and then attach to button board and reflow the solder? I've not had the opportunity to perform this type of soldering. Thanks...