Replying to Avatar Yet another robot

(S'up nerds!)

Last time I attempted to remove this connector from the board with a soldering iron and solder wick I ripped the pads off which was pretty depressing...

This time, I used a hot air tool with liquid gel flux in a syringe and it seriously made desoldering this connector a breeze. Cleaned up very nicely with isopropyl alcohol and then removed old solder, cleaned up, new flux and new solder, and then I soldered on a wire harness for this GPS board stolen from the homebrew FPV industry. Cut the I2C as I'm using UART to the LilyGo T-Deck. Also put a little hot glue and magical NASA Kaptan (sp?) tape to keep the wires secure to the pads.

#meshtastic #LoRa
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Bill Cypher 1y ago

I too have ripped the pads off a circuit board because I didn't know to desolder with a hot air gun. It is a real bummer.

Circuit frames are expensive on a gamble that you might be able to fix it. Especially since you are the idiot who just ripped the pads off because you aren't that great at soldering.

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Yet another robot 1y ago

Sir: i offer you a belated 'three cheers' for the right tool for the job