User manual

The lateral strip grid made up of 19 fields is well suitable for first exercises. You can solder
on wire bridges and later components just by placing connection wires on the top half of
the contact areas. Place the PCB and the wire bridge on the work surface. Strip a wire
bridge end and align it with one of the contact surfaces. Then heat the wire and the solder
point with the soldering iron tip and add a little solder. Ensure that there is no connection
with the adjacent soldering areas. This is a danger if you add too much solder or if the
soldering tip is not precisely pointed to the work area.
Heating the solder point and wire piece takes only a few seconds. The solder melts very
quickly.
A good solder connection is only achieved when the solder is well melted. It has a silver
gloss then. Therefore, you must not take the soldering tip away from the solder point too
early. Otherwise, a cold solder point will result. The ideal time for soldering is about 1-2
seconds. If the solder point is heated much longer, the component, wire insulation and
PCB may be damaged.
Let the solder point cool off after each soldering. Do not move it for about 5 seconds. Ver-
ify that the first wire end is well attached before soldering the second to the adjacent con-
tact area. Try soldering several wire bridges of approx. 2 cm each. .
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