Hi, I got a MPU6050 from here, and it came with some male to male headers, I put the headers into the holes in the MPU6050 and the then ends of them in a breadboard, I then attached the wire from the Arduino to the breadboard, however the MPU6050 did not come on, I was able to move the MPU6050 into a certain position and then it came on, put it will not reliably stay there. I have thought about soldering the headers onto the MPU6050, but the holes look too small for my soldering iron to do. So I am wondering, do I need to get a smaller soldering iron to solder the headers, or is there a better way to attach the MPU6050
You need an appropriate soldering pencil. In the U.S. you can buy them at Radio Shack.
Do you know of any short term solutions I can use while I am waiting for a soldering pencil