digispark:tutorials:led
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| Next revision | Previous revision | ||
|
digispark:tutorials:led [2012/12/18 23:47] digistump created |
digispark:tutorials:led [2013/02/14 18:06] scruss added LED alignment tip, modified from Jimmie P Rodgers' LoL Shield instructions |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
| Soldering Basics (http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/106) and Soldering Crash Course from the folks at Sparkfun (http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/354). | Soldering Basics (http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/106) and Soldering Crash Course from the folks at Sparkfun (http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/354). | ||
| How to solder from the Curious Inventor: http://store.curiousinventor.com/guides/How_to_Solder | How to solder from the Curious Inventor: http://store.curiousinventor.com/guides/How_to_Solder | ||
| + | |||
| + | Adafruit has this excellent guide that starts with the tools needed and then shows detailed pictures, including some of the common problems that beginners experience (http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-guide-excellent-soldering) | ||
| **We assume for these assembly instructions that you know the basics of thru-hole soldering. If you don't check out the links above, these boards are very easy to solder - we promise!** | **We assume for these assembly instructions that you know the basics of thru-hole soldering. If you don't check out the links above, these boards are very easy to solder - we promise!** | ||
| Line 37: | Line 39: | ||
| Insert an LED, ensuring the longer lead goes into the hole with the + sign next to it. Solder the leads and clip off the excess. Repeat for remaining LEDs. | Insert an LED, ensuring the longer lead goes into the hole with the + sign next to it. Solder the leads and clip off the excess. Repeat for remaining LEDs. | ||
| + | |||
| + | **Note**: The array will look better if all of the LEDs are properly aligned. This is most easily done by inserting all of LEDs in a column of four, then soldering just one of the leads of each LED. You can then gently press on the LED while reheating the solder joint, which will seat the LED flat against the board. Once you have a column aligned, solder the other LED leads in the column and clip them. | ||
| + | |||
| + | (Since the lead spacing is much smaller across the 5-LED rows than the 4-LED columns, it's easier to work along the shorter columns. You may accidentally fill adjacent lead holes with solder if you work across rows.) | ||
| [[https://s3.amazonaws.com/digispark/images/m/led4.jpg|{{https://s3.amazonaws.com/digispark/images/t/led4.jpg}}]] | [[https://s3.amazonaws.com/digispark/images/m/led4.jpg|{{https://s3.amazonaws.com/digispark/images/t/led4.jpg}}]] | ||
digispark/tutorials/led.txt · Last modified: 2016/06/09 12:03 (external edit)
Page Tools
Except where otherwise noted, content on this wiki is licensed under the following license: CC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
