Tonimus
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I finally soldered my own Eggtimer project, an Eggfinder Mini. I had been hesitant to build anything like that as my soldering experience was limited to doing automotive connections. So first I bought some LED lightbulb kits from eBay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/282242348468 Each bulb kit has 98 solder joints, most in close proximity. Since these are through hole components, it was good practice soldering close, without tiny SMD parts. After I did 4 or 5 of those, I moved on to an LED clock kit. https://www.banggood.com/DIY-DS1302...Clock-Kit-51-SCM-Learning-Board-p-956298.html There was a ton of SMD stuff on the clock kit. I couldn't even tell you how long it took me. I'd guess 4 hours. But it was great practice on something that I wasn't afraid of breaking.
Just some ideas for people out there who want to assemble their own kits, but are afraid of dorking something up in the process.
Just some ideas for people out there who want to assemble their own kits, but are afraid of dorking something up in the process.