Thursday, 25 September 2014

breadboard - Soldering SOT-23


I'm working on a DYI battery monitor project and the possibility of using an INA169 came up. That's a SOT-23 packaged component.


I have minimal soldering skills so I'm looking for some advice:


Can I solder this with 0.031" solder? It's the skinniest I have.


What kind of board do I solder it to? Currently I'm breadboard only.




Answer




Can I solder this with 0.031" solder? It's the skinniest I have.



0.031" is a bit fat for soldering SOT-23-5, but you may be able to do it. I would recommend 0.015" .



What kind of board do I solder it to? Currently I'm breadboard only.



The sort of board that you solder an SMT component to for breadboarding is called breadboard adapter. See old threads: this and this. Breadboard adapters for SOT-23-5 are not hard to come by (this and this for example).


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