Greetings, This is very primitive, but how do you solder wires to target boards that have holes and not solid pads (eg. MSP430 EZ board from TI) ?
Also what wire thickness do you recommend using?
Thank you,
How to solder wires to target boards
Aug 25, 2007
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I'd probably solder on a 2x7 pin header and either use jumper wires
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or similar, or a 14-pin IDC header and ribbon cable. The pre-made jumpers are convenient but it's also easy enough to roll yer own.
If you do want/need to make a permanent solder connection, you're probably not pulling more than a few 10s of mA even on Vcc/Gnd so whatever "hookup wire" you had around would be okay.
DON'T use any of these:
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You can also buy the DIP part from Digikey/Mouser/etc and use a breadboard. You just need to connect 3 (or 4) wires to the usb board for programming (power optional).
-- mmihai
If it doesn't get moved around or bent a lot I often take a piece of CAT-5 and unravel some wires out of that. Then you have eight different color codes which makes the connections at the other end easier.
Regards, Joerg
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