Re: [Gumstix-users] Soldering Advice.

[DJ D. <dj...@de...>]

"Aahz." <Eri...@co...> writes:
>    I got the headers for the I2C on the breakout board and I'm hoping to 
> get the attached tonight but I'm still something of a soldering novice, 
> anyone have tips or recommendations that'll make this go easier? Those 
> pins look awful tiny.

Make sure you have flux and copper braid handy.  The first makes sure
the joint is of good quality, the second is handy for removing shorts.

Otherwise, the usual soldering advice holds: heat the metal, melt the
solder to the metal - don't just melt the solder to the iron.  If the
metal isn't hot enough to melt the solder, it's not hot enough to make
a good solder joint.