An odd problem...
I got some perfboard to try with single-sided copper pads. I can place my components on the non-padded side, stick their leads through and solder their tails. But... now I want to have a header soldered on to the padded side so I can plug my little board into my breadboard. The problem is... how can I solder the header onto the perfboard when the plastic cage is in the way? (the header plastic bar rests on the row of pads so there is no way to solder in there. I guess I could buy longer pinned headers and then push them through so the plastic is on the non-padded part of the board and then the pad is cleared for solder to the sticking through pin just like any other component on that board but that seems sloppy. How do you generally solder male straight through hole headers to perfboard for use as plugging into breadboards?
Thank you!
I got some perfboard to try with single-sided copper pads. I can place my components on the non-padded side, stick their leads through and solder their tails. But... now I want to have a header soldered on to the padded side so I can plug my little board into my breadboard. The problem is... how can I solder the header onto the perfboard when the plastic cage is in the way? (the header plastic bar rests on the row of pads so there is no way to solder in there. I guess I could buy longer pinned headers and then push them through so the plastic is on the non-padded part of the board and then the pad is cleared for solder to the sticking through pin just like any other component on that board but that seems sloppy. How do you generally solder male straight through hole headers to perfboard for use as plugging into breadboards?
Thank you!