Project Members: Royce Pipkins, Brant Holeman, and many others!

The Tie Pin “Learn to Solder Kit” was created so that when the Makerspace takes part in events with the public, we can teach people how to solder.

Participants learn through-hole and surface mount soldering.

Pre-Event setup:

1. Obtain materials at least 2 weeks in advance
2. Clean off two tables in the electronics lab
3. Setup 2-4 soldering stations with:
4. Two chairs
5. Soldering iron
6. Iron tip cleaner
7. PCB holder
8. Helping Hands
9. De-soldering braid
10. About 1mm diameter rosin core solder
11. Solder flux
12. Flush cutter

Each pin consists of:

1. 1x circuit board
2. 2x 3mm LEDs
3. 2x ~200 ohm 1/4 watt resistors
4. 1x CR2032 battery
5. 1x CR2032 battery holder
6. 1x lapel pin
7. 1x lapel pin back
8. Small amount of solder
9. Small amount of solder flux

Blog Posts:

• http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2011/11/tie-pin-pcbs/

Part sourcing:
Coin cell holders
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/BK-883/BK-883-ND/2439470

Batteries
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/panasonic-bsg/CR2032/P189-ND/31939

Tie tack
http://www.firemountaingems.com/itemdetails/H201442FX
https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&SearchText=tie+tack

LEDs
http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-PCS-3mm-RGB-Fast-Flashing-LEDs-red-green-blue-light-lamp-bulb-Rainbow-/300681182040?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4601febb58
https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=3mm+led

Resistors
We have thousands of them in the boxes above the parts bins in the electronics lab

PCBs
https://www.seeedstudio.com/fusion_pcb.html
FR4, 2-layer, 40x40mm, 1.2mm thick, HASL finish, 1oz copper, .4mm solder mask dam, .3mm min hole size, 6/6mil min track spacing, no blind vias, no castellations, no impedance control
About $50+s/h for 200 boards with a 4-week lead time