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Blink

Thu 07/30/20 11:41:29 pm
Categories: Electronics

I completed five solder practice kits since I put together a simple solder fume extractor. I finally have some time to start writing about them.

The first kit I assembled was Blink. I used Kester SAC 305 lead free solder.

Here is the kit before assembly:

Here is the assembled kit:

The kit worked. Here is a demo of the green led button:

Here is a demo pressing the blue and red buttons at the same time:

I am mostly interested in the solder joints:

The instructions show what the joints are supposed to look like. Some of my results are good, some are OK. The dull color is expected for lead free solder. Overall, not bad for a first attempt.

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