Newbie questions concerning soldering and cables.
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 2:09 pm
Hi Folks,
I ordered stuff for my GBZ project and I received the first parts, now I have a few questions which were not answered anywhere on this forum (atleast I have not found anything concerning my questions though I looked, dumb me).
I started desoldering the Gameboy Speaker from a broken GameBoy. That was quite easy, but I wonder what temperature is the right to solder and desolder parts. I am very afraid to break stuff and my soldering tool can go up to 500 degrees celsius. What is the perfect temperature for soldering and desoldering?
Is it possible that i broke the speaker because I used too much heat?
I went with like 300 degrees. Good/ Bad?
I also used 300 degrees for soldering, followed some online youtube guides went amazingly easy (I randomly soldered and desoldered cables to broken hardware to get a hang of it).
I have not found a good crimp tool for very thin cables. How do you guys cut cables?
Thanks in advance.
best regards, Toni
I ordered stuff for my GBZ project and I received the first parts, now I have a few questions which were not answered anywhere on this forum (atleast I have not found anything concerning my questions though I looked, dumb me).
I started desoldering the Gameboy Speaker from a broken GameBoy. That was quite easy, but I wonder what temperature is the right to solder and desolder parts. I am very afraid to break stuff and my soldering tool can go up to 500 degrees celsius. What is the perfect temperature for soldering and desoldering?
Is it possible that i broke the speaker because I used too much heat?
I went with like 300 degrees. Good/ Bad?
I also used 300 degrees for soldering, followed some online youtube guides went amazingly easy (I randomly soldered and desoldered cables to broken hardware to get a hang of it).
I have not found a good crimp tool for very thin cables. How do you guys cut cables?
Thanks in advance.
best regards, Toni