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As a novice at soldering, I now have an opinion about single-sided vs. double-sided breadboards (self.electronics)

submitted 12 hours ago by grue to c/[email protected]

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Me a few days ago, shopping on Amazon: "All the component and jumper wire leads are going to be on the bottom anyway; why shouldn't I get a pack of single-sided breadboards for $6.25 instead of double-sided ones for $10?"

Me today, after having lifted three pads off the damn board in 10 minutes: "Oh, that's why."

Get the double-sided breadboards; they're worth it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

@j4k3 @grue

I have a roll of very low temperature solder that has high bismuth content. It is not to solder with instead you use it lower the melting point of solder then wick it up . Was used at EMR Telemetry and when they were sold I was given a roll. Like a big roll of chip quik.

It is valuable to desolder things like ESP32s. The odds of lifting pads are slim with it too.