I bought a Spirit Halloween cheap proton pack which I upgraded, and as a challenge to myself I decided to replace the electronics with what I’d hope to be a simple Arduino project. I just wanted the lights on the pack to do their thing, no sound or anything fancy, just turn on the battery (I chose o…

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[image] dadgnome: I’ve soldered everything together but the chip isn’t turning on. I see only two spots on the extreme left end of the board that are properly soldered and they are likely from the manufacturing process. The board has plated-through holes for all connections. But where you h…

Thank you, that actually explains quite a bit. my previous jobs were just LEDs attached to wire and an on/off switch so this has been a step up. I’ll go poke around YouTube for some tutorials on this. If you happen to know of a good one I’d appreciate the tip.

[image] dadgnome: If you happen to know of a good one I’d appreciate the tip. Soldering Advice: It sounds like you may have a bad solder connections. I recommend getting some materials to practice your soldering skills. From what I can see, you may not be heating the solder enough for it to …

Sparkfun and Adafruit have excellent soldering tutorials.

Watch this, don’t get too hung up on the tools just watch for techniques. [Pace Inc.Everything you wanted to know about soldering and desoldering but were afraid to ask] Look thru the index here and review the soldering tips. Share tips you have come across - #903 by LarryD …

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Watch this, don’t get too hung up on the tools just watch for techniques.

Look thru the index here and review the soldering tips.
Share tips you have come across - #903 by LarryD

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