• potatopotato@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    IDK, most of the kits require soldering (because the industry is fundamentally braindead) and if you go look at the various online communities, you’ll quickly see that this is one hell of a filter.

        • lud@lemm.ee
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          2 months ago

          Yeah lead free solder is perfectly fine.

          Where I live, lead solder is even illegal to sell and buy unless you have a permit which is impossible to get for individuals

          • piecat@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            Lead free sucks ass and you can pry my leaded solder from my cold dead hands.

            Seriously just wash your hands.

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                2 months ago

                Fumes don’t contain lead, it’s not nearly hot enough. Those fumes are flux burning.

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                  2 months ago

                  That’s good.

                  But I still don’t get why someone would willingly use lead when lead free works great.

                  I mean the RoHA for example exist for good reason.

                  • piecat@lemmy.world
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                    2 months ago

                    Leaded is objectively better for everything except health/pollution. Which is the point of RoHS.

                    Leaded solder has a lower melting point, flows much better, easier to visually see bad solder joints, and doesn’t form whiskers. Also less brittle, so cracked joints are less likely.

      • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        Same here, but I’d still be pretty annoyed if I had to do it to put together a drone, it’s a pain in the ass.

            • 5in1k@lemm.ee
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              2 months ago

              One of my many hobbies is electronics and messing with electronic instruments so I use mine fairly often.