Hi. Ive recently beomce interested in electornics... to start i took apart an electronic scale the other and planned to desolder the pieces and put it into a breadboard and then take it apart and the resolver it all back together. Logically this to me seemed like a great way to learn how the circuits work, use my DMM and of course practice how to solder.
However, to my surprise and amazement, when i looked at the circuit boards that were part of the scale, there seemed to be only a few components that I recognized, some wires, some capacitors, etc. many of the items soldered onto the board were extremely small. I mean really really minute. I couldnt even in some cases hardly see them under the solder... are these just really small componenets? How the heck can I solder/desolder something this small.
Was this scale meant to be disposable of some sort... never to be desoldered?
Any guidance or advice is welcome. I've read a few books now on electronics, but probably havent even touched the tip of the iceberg?
Any good diea on projects. My ultimate goal is to be able to fix circuits on my pinball machines when/if they ever were to break. Right now that are fine.
Thanks,
Marc
However, to my surprise and amazement, when i looked at the circuit boards that were part of the scale, there seemed to be only a few components that I recognized, some wires, some capacitors, etc. many of the items soldered onto the board were extremely small. I mean really really minute. I couldnt even in some cases hardly see them under the solder... are these just really small componenets? How the heck can I solder/desolder something this small.
Was this scale meant to be disposable of some sort... never to be desoldered?
Any guidance or advice is welcome. I've read a few books now on electronics, but probably havent even touched the tip of the iceberg?
Any good diea on projects. My ultimate goal is to be able to fix circuits on my pinball machines when/if they ever were to break. Right now that are fine.
Thanks,
Marc