Fun Light Project
Description
Regardless of whether you have your driver’s license or will soon be getting it, two absolute certainties exist. One; you will want to drive your parents’ expensive car, and two; they will not let you. To a parent, the reasoning is obvious. When you are first learning to drive, you are most likely to make a mistake. Wouldn't it be better to make these mistakes in the ten-year-old family mini-van? Like driving, good soldering requires practice. In this activity, you will practice your soldering skills while constructing a simple Fun Light Project. This Fun Light Project has many of the same components as the Board Game Counter that you will construct in a future activity. Moreover, like the old mini-van, if you happen to damage the Fun Light while honing your soldering skills, it’s not a big deal.
Conclusion Questions
1. Solder consists of 63% tin and 37% lead.
2. Tinning is the process in which you apply a very small amount to solder to the tip of the iron. This is important because it allows the solder to conduct heat from the iron to the IC.
3. The six most common bad soldering connections include a disturbed joint, cold joint, overheated joint, solder starved, too much solder, and untrimmed leads.
4. Two techniques used for de-soldering include using a suction pen and heating/moving solder.
5. Solder in electronic applications are often referred to as 60/40 because the melting point depends on what the solder is made of. In most electronic cases, about 60% of solder is tin and around 40% is lead.
6. A Cold Solder Joint is a poorly soldered joint.
7. The melting point of a 60/40 solder is at around 460 degrees Fahrenheit.
8. The typical wattage of a soldering iron used in electronic application is at around 25-30 watts.
2. Tinning is the process in which you apply a very small amount to solder to the tip of the iron. This is important because it allows the solder to conduct heat from the iron to the IC.
3. The six most common bad soldering connections include a disturbed joint, cold joint, overheated joint, solder starved, too much solder, and untrimmed leads.
4. Two techniques used for de-soldering include using a suction pen and heating/moving solder.
5. Solder in electronic applications are often referred to as 60/40 because the melting point depends on what the solder is made of. In most electronic cases, about 60% of solder is tin and around 40% is lead.
6. A Cold Solder Joint is a poorly soldered joint.
7. The melting point of a 60/40 solder is at around 460 degrees Fahrenheit.
8. The typical wattage of a soldering iron used in electronic application is at around 25-30 watts.