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hamster_nz:
In the 11/11 sales I purchased a few of the $0.99 (with free shipping) SMD soldering practice kits that arrived yesterday.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2016-New-Both-Sides-SMT-SMD-Electronic-Component-Welding-Practice-Board-PCB-Soldering-DIY-Kit-Skill/32595680463.html

They are nothing too exciting - a NE555 connected to a CD4017, a few transistors and diodes, and plenty of LEDs and resistors and a couple of caps - around 50 parts in all on the active side.  On the back side they have "bonus challenges" - 0603, 0402, and some resistor packs.

However... the instructions are in Chinese. That's not a problem for me, as I've worked from the schematic without any issues.

If anybody is keen to give it a try, but being held back by the lack of English instructions then let me know and I'll spend some time making some English ones.

kalel:
If you tried one, what did you use to do the soldering?
hamster_nz:
Just a bog standard 45W temperature controlled iron, with a 2mm conical tip, & 0.71 mm solder wire.  Would not do the 0402 with this though, I would put in a 0.5mm tip and consider using paste.

I did have to get my second iron out to to swap around an LED I put on backwards...  :D
kalel:

--- Quote from: hamster_nz on November 30, 2017, 01:21:11 am ---Just a bog standard 45W temperature controlled iron, with a 2mm conical tip, & 0.71 mm solder wire.  Would not do the 0402 with this though, I would put in a 0.5mm tip and consider using paste.

I did have to get my second iron out to to swap around an LED I put on backwards...  :D

--- End quote ---

Good work, I would probably need more practice, then, there's only one way to learn... Those kits are relatively cheap (and so are custom PCBs these days).
rthorntn:
I just got some of these, hamster_nz could you do some instructions please?
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