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Re: MintyPi Practice Solder Boards {Ruin These and NOT Your Real Boards}
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:48 pm
by roddie
This is an excellent idea - I just ordered 3 of each. I haven't picked up a soldering iron in probably 30 or so years. The last time I did it, I ended up using half a spool of solder and a really big solder blob on the bench.
Re: MintyPi Practice Solder Boards {Ruin These and NOT Your Real Boards}
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:05 pm
by DieKatzchen
This is genius. Won my Mintypi so Wermy did the actual soldering, but was thinking of making something like the GBA pi thing that Ryzee made. Gonna need to brush up on the necessary technique.
Re: MintyPi Practice Solder Boards {Ruin These and NOT Your Real Boards}
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 1:36 pm
by RodneyChops
Probably a dumb question, but i'm going to ask it. I've ordered 3 of these, and finished two... Every pin goes great, and shows continuity (near zero resistance on my cheap meter lowest setting 200ohm), except for some reason the ground pins show more resistance... I've gotten the same on two boards.. just confirming, this means i don't have the ground pins soldered correctly? It shows like 1500 on the 2000ohm setting.
Re: MintyPi Practice Solder Boards {Ruin These and NOT Your Real Boards}
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 6:06 pm
by Helder
RodneyChops wrote: ↑Sun Oct 27, 2019 1:36 pm
Probably a dumb question, but i'm going to ask it. I've ordered 3 of these, and finished two... Every pin goes great, and shows continuity (near zero resistance on my cheap meter lowest setting 200ohm), except for some reason the ground pins show more resistance... I've gotten the same on two boards.. just confirming, this means i don't have the ground pins soldered correctly? It shows like 1500 on the 2000ohm setting.
You can't get a real meter with a continuity setting like a cheap $7 Harbor Freight meter?
Re: MintyPi Practice Solder Boards {Ruin These and NOT Your Real Boards}
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 8:27 am
by RodneyChops
Don't think I've see those stores in Canada. This meter is the only one they carried at my local hardware store. My brother in law is going to give me a Fluke-117A next time I go see him. He tells me it's more of an electrician meter than anything, but it should beep.
I wonder if there is a threshold for resistance they beep at. I'll try googling that I guess.