Another smd soldering practice kit done. Once again used my hot air station and a soldering iron, soldered with paste, since all of that is exactly what I wanted to practice done โ
P.S.: man, I just enjoy soldering. Gonna rey to learn BGA reballing at some point next - that's a whole different game, but nothing prevents me from trying ๐
#smd #eletronics #practice #diy #soldering #hakko #HakkoFA400 #hakkofr810b #Hakko888d
But man it takes so much gear to be done right ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ
Practice makes perfect ๐๐ป
Got this #smd practice kit from AliExpress. Went surprisingly well, considering it was my first attempt on soldering with a paste and hot air.
Conclusion: I did use a soldering iron to make the joints more accurate because I put too much paste. Why? Because I need to buy narrower dispensing needles for the soldering paste.
Sadly seller did not include the bottom chip ๐
But best of all - I decided to test whether a #Dremel, a #Hakko888d soldering station and a #HakkoFA400 smoke absorber can all be powered off my #Bluetti EB70 power station or #solargenerator as they are also called these days.
I was quite surprised to find out that a soldering station only take about 70W of power and Dremel takes like 20-40W. While my #MacBookPro14 can take up to 96W...
Makes you think ๐ค
Successfully done my first ever #repair of an approximately 5 years old #Apple #Lightning to #USB cable.
Just trimmed a part where the isolation went off and soldered a new connector in place ๐
Was my first experience dealing with such small contact points, so I was a bit nervous connecting it to an iPad, but it turned out pretty well ๐
Now awaiting a set of replacement lightning connectors from AliExpress that have 5 contact pins and support fast charge to fix another Apple cable - USB-C to Lightning this time ๐ง
#soldering #solder #hakko #hakko888d #hakkofa400 #ifixit #ifixitukraine #ifixittools #diy #sustainability #reuse #ReuseRecycle #repairproject #ifixitprotechtoolkit #repairculture #repairability #repaircafe #shotonfairphone #ShotOnFairphone4 #ElectronicsRepair #electronics #righttorepair
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