The Breadboard Voltage Regulator is assembled. Everything went fine up until the breadboard pins had to be mounted. The instructions mention that this is a bit more difficult, and it was–especially when one is highly cafinated. My solution was to use the alligator clip on my "third-hand" to hold each clip in place long enough to solder one pin; then the second pin was no problem.
One trick is to put the pins in and then just set the board down on the pins. This is what I will usually do when soldering small boards, sometimes those helping hands are not so helpful :D
ReplyDeleteAnother (more dangerous) trick is to actually plug the pins into a socketboard or chip socket then set the board down on the pins and solder them. Too much heat could damage your plastic sockets though.
I read about the option to set the board down on the pins in the instruction manual, but my highly-caffeinated hands were not steady enough to pull it off. ;-)
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