Electronic equipment DIY entry - tool selection

Why play electronic DIY, it is fun?

A: First, you can quickly grow various knowledge in this area. Second, electrical equipment might be out of work and you can fix them by your own as you have known the most principle, and your friends will ask you all questions about electronic equipment so that you no longer need to rely on the maintenance stores. Then there is the development of playing model aircraft, playing car models, but these we will talk about in other chapters.

On the choice of tools, we will first explain the most basic tool - the soldering iron.

Ordinary soldering iron

Common soldering iron is generally divided into two types: internal heat and external heat.

Advantages: cheap, can be found in any ordinary hardware stores.

Disadvantages: temperature control is not allowed, the temperature changing is slow, the tip of poor technique, poor thermal conductivity, easy to oxidize, or even burn the fever core, heat capacity is small, not easy to control and weld.

936 soldering iron

Advantages: you can adjust the temperature, not easy to burn the pad, a variety of soldering iron tips to choose from, use the 936 heating core, affordable.

Disadvantages: temperature changing is slow, tip heat conduction is poor, heat capacity is small, the temperature is not real-time digital display, bulky.

High-end product line

Speaking of high-end products, I have to mention the HAKKO Soldering Iron. The solder iron station is the hot core, tip, temperature sensor integrated design, so the temperature transfer effect is good.

Advantages: temperature rises rapidly, according to the solder joint to automatically adjust the output power, a variety of soldering iron tips to choose from, convenient to use.

Disadvantages: host prices and supplies are relatively expensive.

In this case, after comparing all kinds of the soldering irons, I will definitely recommend the HAKKO FX-951 which is high-quality and high-performance but not high-price. This soldering iron station with tip has all-in-one complex tip design, strong heat recovery for lead-free soldering and temperature control by card avoid random temperature change. And if you need any jumper cables color your DIY process, I will also offer you a smart choice.