Really appreciate this advice! I haven't touched soldering iron in about a decade and even when I did I wasn't very good. But I think thanks to this video I managed to get my Adafruit board's headers soldered on. Not quite a Pico but very similar challenge!
You might want to alternate from one side of the header to the other i.e. pin 1 then pin 20 then pin 2 then pin 19 etc. The reason is to let the pin you just soldered to cool a little. If you do it the way show here, ie. pin1 then pin 2 etc then it is possible for the header plastic to melt in that area. Guess why I suggest this?!
Damn, I have about 10 or so Zero W's I soldered (partial) headers to. The hardest part was making sure they were straight, even though it didn't really matter for what I need. Never even thought of using my breadboard to hold things.🤣
Thank you much❤, seen a few of these. Cleary you can see the solder touching. But Nobody was saying that, And I want to hear it. As silly as that may be, thank you for the extra specific❤
This is a great idea but isn't there a risk of melting the plastic of the breadboard? I always worried about that so I never did it this way. I do have a few older dirty breadboards I could try this on to see. Thanks for a great video! Where did you get that breadboard you showed? I like its configuration! THANKS!
This may be a dumbquestion, but, just to test the capabilities of the pico with a breadboard, can the pic rest on the headers like you show at the beginning and be used with the device BEFORE the soldering is complete? Do that make sense? I do not want to solder until I am comfortable with the usage is why I ask.
Not with normal header pins as the contact between the pins and pads on the pico won't be good enough. You could try with something like pogo pins but at that point it's probably easier to grab a spare pico and have a go at soldering!
why don't they come already soldered as in other microcontrollers???... They haven't learned the lesson about the end-user needs on just buying the thing, plug, and play.
@@deltakid0 not everyone wants the headers pre-soldered. Schools often buy these because they’re cheap and accessible, and learning how to solder is part of your education as an electrical or computer engineer.
Good soldering technique and good tip about using the breadboard...I always just end up balancing things on other componnents, a pencil etc...
Really appreciate this advice! I haven't touched soldering iron in about a decade and even when I did I wasn't very good. But I think thanks to this video I managed to get my Adafruit board's headers soldered on. Not quite a Pico but very similar challenge!
Like the soldering guide! Gonna follow this when I get my header pins. Thanks!
Let me know how you get on! :)
thanks for the trick with the breadboard, saves a lot of effort!
You might want to alternate from one side of the header to the other i.e. pin 1 then pin 20 then pin 2 then pin 19 etc. The reason is to let the pin you just soldered to cool a little.
If you do it the way show here, ie. pin1 then pin 2 etc then it is possible for the header plastic to melt in that area. Guess why I suggest this?!
Damn, I have about 10 or so Zero W's I soldered (partial) headers to. The hardest part was making sure they were straight, even though it didn't really matter for what I need. Never even thought of using my breadboard to hold things.🤣
Thank you much❤, seen a few of these. Cleary you can see the solder touching. But Nobody was saying that, And I want to hear it. As silly as that may be, thank you for the extra specific❤
you helped my soldering so much, Thank you so much! (Liked and Subbed).
This is a great idea but isn't there a risk of melting the plastic of the breadboard? I always worried about that so I never did it this way. I do have a few older dirty breadboards I could try this on to see. Thanks for a great video! Where did you get that breadboard you showed? I like its configuration! THANKS!
I don't know why everybody cuts the "pushing the header pins into the breadboard" part....
How much would the most basic soldering kit cost? I just bought a pico. I have no other soldering tools.
Suggestion - Use cold LED lamps to light your videos.
Thank you for the suggestion, I will look into grabbing some LED filming lights for the channel.
This may be a dumbquestion, but, just to test the capabilities of the pico with a breadboard, can the pic rest on the headers like you show at the beginning and be used with the device BEFORE the soldering is complete? Do that make sense? I do not want to solder until I am comfortable with the usage is why I ask.
Not with normal header pins as the contact between the pins and pads on the pico won't be good enough. You could try with something like pogo pins but at that point it's probably easier to grab a spare pico and have a go at soldering!
@@LearnEmbeddedSystems great- thank you :)
Which breadboard are you using, where did you buy it from?
what temperature should my iron be at though?
yep i screwed this up and it's not working now ..oh well
why don't they come already soldered as in other microcontrollers???... They haven't learned the lesson about the end-user needs on just buying the thing, plug, and play.
they do but it costs extra...
@@Kiven7e then charge _the extra_ instead of selling an incomplete thing
@@deltakid0 lol, I feel you. Soldering fumes scare me!
@@deltakid0 not everyone wants the headers pre-soldered. Schools often buy these because they’re cheap and accessible, and learning how to solder is part of your education as an electrical or computer engineer.