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Step 3 -- Add the First Resistor

 

  • Be sure that you and all the people near you are wearing eye protection.
  • Be very alert to the fact that the soldering iron is hot.

For additional information about soldering, see http://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/elab/soldering.htm

Insert one of the 220-ohm resistors from the top of the PCB. The resistor conducts current equally well in either direction, but good practice requires that you orient the resistor so its color code can be read from the top down. The resistor has colored bands of red, red and brown (for 22 x 101) and a gold band to indicate 5% tolerance. Red should be at the top.

Turn the board over and solder the 2 leads. When finished, you should see a small "candy kiss"-shaped mound of solder that clings to both the solder pad on the PCB and to each of the resistor's wire leads. You should also be able to see that the solder has passed through the hole in the PC board.

Before continuing, use the side cutters to cut off the excess wire, being very careful to protect your eyes and the eyes of every one around you.

 

 

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