Ye just get a solder kit and practice on some PCBs!
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ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs@lemmy.world 18 hours agoOh thanks! I’ll take a look.
Is there something I can use for practice? Or how did you learn to actually do it?
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
ok Thanks, I’ll take a look around for those.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
Oh and as far as how I learned, mostly trying to fix broken stuff (radios, amplifiers, VCRs etc,) and then making guitar effect pedals. Thats a good way to learn circuits!!
Note, dont try working on a tube amp or CRT right away. They aren’t evil scary like people say but you do need to study up before you go poking around zappy bits. Anything else like an old radio or VCR is totally fine if its unplugged.
I did this pedal 10 years ago. Support these guys!! Dont use amazon.
…generalguitargadgets.com/…/mxr™-phase-90™-replic…
Now i mostly work on old consoles. Need to recap my 2600, and I modded a dreamcast and a ps1. Granted the Dreamcast didnt even need soldering besides replacing the clock battery holder.
Or, get some broken gameboys on eBay and try fixing them!
MufinMcFlufin@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
There are solder practice kits you can get. They’re usually a PCB and a bunch of components to install, then once the whole thing is correctly assembled it should do some simple function. They’re usually pretty cheap so you shouldn’t have to worry about messing it up, and the kit should be trivial to replace in comparison to the part you actually want to work on.
ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
ok cool, I’ll take a loko for those.
bilb@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
Not long ago, I bought about 15 different little soldering kits on AliExpress for like 1-5 dollars each. Insyructions will be in Chinese, but that does force you to learn the more universal symbols in the schematics. Also, you can translate the Chinese with your phone.