The next step in building our robot for this semester was to solder the components to the board. For me, this was the first time I have ever soldered. It was not too bad. The first picture is of the work station where the board was constructed.
The final result ended with all components connected. I did not cut the long wires coming from the components yet. I am going to wait until the professor can inspect them. If I messed up, it is better to be safe than sorry. There are also a few singe marks on the board. They are visible in the following picture.
The final picture shows the completed front of the board. It is difficult to see, but one component did end up crooked. Once again, this is a situation in which I will wait until class tomorrow to fix it. Mainly because I do not know how to undo the solder joints.
Overall, with this being my first experience holding a soldering iron, it was not a bad one. Soldering is not as difficult as I believed it would be. As for if it was done correctly, well, the professor will determine that.
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