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This is probably true for scaled production, BUT... Most people following Instructables for tips on soldering wires to vector boards aren't likely to need to m
by InitialLastName 4y ago
This is probably true for scaled production, BUT...
Most people following Instructables for tips on soldering wires to vector boards aren't likely to need to maintain their prototypes, and roughly 0% of those prototypes will be in a high-vibration environment.
- gw99 4y agoActually this crap will probably be bodged into a rats nest nightmare project if it’s an instructables user. Anyone who has debugged one of them knows to do things properly or suffer the wrath of intermittent problems.
- orangepurple 4y agoAnd intermittent problems make newbies lose motivation extra quickly and care even less until they eventually rage quit. It's better to just get connections done well right away
- DoingIsLearning 4y agoStill the GP comment is in the right direction. For wires like the ones in the video you can still use something like a small phoenix connector and just screw your wire connections in, just like you would wire up a choc box, no crimp tools required. The advice in the post will likely create a cold joint and intermittent/noisy connections.
- orangepurple 4y agoSoldered connections can be surprisingly crap (intermittent electrical gremlins) especially if you're a noob. You can't easily spot a cold solder as a noob. Meanwhile even a noob can easily judge basic crimp quality. Better to get an all-in-one box assortment of cheap male and female connectors off eBay I started out soldering but now it's mostly limited to installing connectors into PCBs followed by hot glue around the housing for mechanical rigidity