I'm new to soldering, I purchased a Hakko fx-888. I have some 60/40 lead solder as well as lead free. I am trying the lead solder as folks have said that is easier for beginners.
I turn on the Hakko, it immediately goes to 800ish (Celsius?). Looking at the role of solder, I don't see any temperature recommendations. I did a search online and it appears 350 C should be good. I select 350 on the Hakko and try to work.
The solder doesn't even melt on the tip of the solder, let alone trying to solder the pico. I turn up the temp until the solder melts easily on the tip, around 500 c gets the job done.
I don't know if I messed something up changing the tip, but it seems like I have to go extra hot to get anything to melt. Even at 500, I try to heat a pad on the pico and a header pin but the solder never melts until I touch it to the iron. Now the melted solder is on the iron and I have to try to drip in where I want, that fails, and it lands in the middle of two pins joining them.
I now either need a desolder tool or use the rest of the pins on this pico to practice
bottom line, I feel like I need to turn the temp on the iron to over 500 to get the solder to melt and heating the pads and header pins never melts anything. I am tempted to turn the temp to 600 and see what happens.
the lead solder I purchased was from Microcenter, its MG chemicals and it says Sn60/Pb40
Lastly, I am tinning the tip by melting solder on it. I also have flux but can't seem to use the pen to get the tiny pads on the pico, it touches multiple pads, I would need a smaller tip flux pen.
I turn on the Hakko, it immediately goes to 800ish (Celsius?). Looking at the role of solder, I don't see any temperature recommendations. I did a search online and it appears 350 C should be good. I select 350 on the Hakko and try to work.
The solder doesn't even melt on the tip of the solder, let alone trying to solder the pico. I turn up the temp until the solder melts easily on the tip, around 500 c gets the job done.
I don't know if I messed something up changing the tip, but it seems like I have to go extra hot to get anything to melt. Even at 500, I try to heat a pad on the pico and a header pin but the solder never melts until I touch it to the iron. Now the melted solder is on the iron and I have to try to drip in where I want, that fails, and it lands in the middle of two pins joining them.
I now either need a desolder tool or use the rest of the pins on this pico to practice
bottom line, I feel like I need to turn the temp on the iron to over 500 to get the solder to melt and heating the pads and header pins never melts anything. I am tempted to turn the temp to 600 and see what happens.
the lead solder I purchased was from Microcenter, its MG chemicals and it says Sn60/Pb40
Lastly, I am tinning the tip by melting solder on it. I also have flux but can't seem to use the pen to get the tiny pads on the pico, it touches multiple pads, I would need a smaller tip flux pen.
Statistics: Posted by dulphy — Wed Jun 19, 2024 7:04 pm — Replies 3 — Views 121