Soldering pool

In the soldering pool, you will solder together a circuit board that can later be used during the exercises to build up the results of the exercises as a real circuit and thus to check the results .

You will receive the board and all components necessary for assembly as well as the opportunity to assemble the board in a four-hour supervised block session.

The goal is to get a first practical connection between the lecture material and 'real' hardware and to reduce fears of hardware. What the circuit does and how it works we learn during the lecture or exercises.

There will also be an introduction and demo at the beginning of your 4-hour block.

A description about soldering in general can be found in Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Löten

A fun introduction, also as a video, can be found here at adafruit: Adafruit Guide to Excellent Soldering

https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-guide-excellent-soldering/tools

You are able to

• place components on a board using a placement plan,
• insert components with the correct polarity,
• make solder contacts with a soldering iron ("solder"),
• recognize successful/missed solder joints based on their appearance ,
• correct faulty solder joints.

The board you solder together is called 'CLB'. More information about the background and the application can be found on the pages about the CLB.