https://www.Exploitee.rs/index.php?title=Useful_Hardware_Hacking_Tools&feed=atom&action=historyUseful Hardware Hacking Tools - Revision history2024-03-29T12:15:00ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.37.2https://www.Exploitee.rs/index.php?title=Useful_Hardware_Hacking_Tools&diff=3060&oldid=prevDash: Typo2022-01-25T14:31:21Z<p>Typo</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** You should also get an iron with a silicone cable. PVC cables (what you usually see on power cables) are very difficult to effectively maneuver, and if you accidentally touch your iron to them, they'll melt! Silicone cables flex much more easily and can withstand higher <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temperature</del>. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** You should also get an iron with a silicone cable. PVC cables (what you usually see on power cables) are very difficult to effectively maneuver, and if you accidentally touch your iron to them, they'll melt! Silicone cables flex much more easily and can withstand higher <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temperatures</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cheap option: PINECIL ($25) https://pine64.com/product/pinecil-smart-mini-portable-soldering-iron/. Make sure to get a silicone USB-C cable<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, or you will be in for a world of hurt. I had a TS100 (similar form factor) with a PVC cable directly to a power supply directly to an outlet, and it was not fun. Silicon flexes easier and doesn</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">t retain its shape</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''What''' (does it do): Your soldering iron heats up the solder to melt it. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cheap option: PINECIL ($25) https://pine64.com/product/pinecil-smart-mini-portable-soldering-iron/. Make sure to get a silicone USB-C cable<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">! There</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s one available on their store</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Quicko/Quecoo ($50) T12-956/952. 952 is cheaper and I'm not totally sure the difference. I'd go for the option here with the metal handle.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Quicko/Quecoo ($50) T12-956/952. 952 is cheaper and I'm not totally sure the difference. I'd go for the option here with the metal handle.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I'd recommend Kester solder, but it's not available in small quantities <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>you <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sure as hell don</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">t </del>need a pound of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Going </del>to defer to Myself<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s expertise </del>and recommend <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">chipquik</del>: https://www.chipquik.com/store/index.php?cPath=600_610</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''What''': Solder is an conductive alloy with a low melting point, usually some combination of tin and lead. When in liquid form (i.e. when you touch your iron to it), it binds to copper surfaces. When you remove your iron, it quickly hardens and creates a solid electrical connection between whatever it's bound to.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">As for size: go for </del>0.031" <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for now</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Should </del>be good for most work.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''Why''': Bad solder may lie on its packaging about what it's made of, or contain impurities. Good quality solder will flow better and contain flux (see below) that will assist you when soldering.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I'd recommend Kester solder, but it's not available in small quantities<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. If </ins>you'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">re just starting to read this page, you neither want nor </ins>need <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to buy </ins>a pound of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">solder</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I'm going </ins>to defer to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the expertise of my fellow Exploitee.rs Discord member "</ins>Myself<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </ins>and recommend <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Chipquik solder in its place</ins>: https://www.chipquik.com/store/index.php?cPath=600_610</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Purchase 63/37 solder at a diameter of </ins>0.031". <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Go with whichever quantity you can afford. 63/37 (63% tin, 37% lead) is a "eutectic" alloy, meaning that it goes from liquid to solid at a single temperature. The alternative, 60/40, undergoes a gradual transition where some of the metal is crystalline and some is molten. During this process, the joint has to </ins>be <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">held perfectly still during the transition or you end up with a gray "cold" joint where the structure is disrupted, it's mechanically weak, and it may even silently unstick from things. Using a eutectic sidesteps all that and gives perfect joints a lot more easily. 0.031" is </ins>good for most work <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">you'll be doing: it'll be pretty clear when you'll need larger or smaller solder.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(Thanks again to Myself for the above explanation</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Flux ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Flux ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>AMTECH flux is my personal favorite. Breathing it at least doesn't make it feel like it will kill you, and it's relatively easy to clean up.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''What''': Flux helps heat and solder flow. </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''Why''': When you use flux, your joints will be stronger, look better, and be easier to make. It's optional in the same way that boots are optional when walking through 2 feet of snow.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''When''' (to use it): Always. There is no such thing as too much flux. (As you solder more, you'll eventually settle on the "right" amount to use that balances clean-up with ease of use.)</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>AMTECH flux is my personal favorite. Breathing it at least doesn't make it feel like it will kill you, and it's relatively easy to clean up. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(Not that you need to: it's no-clean! You can leave it on the board with no consequences!)</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Buy it from the wonderful Louis Rossmann: https://store.rossmanngroup.com/amtech-nc-559-v2-30-cc-16160.html</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Buy it from the wonderful Louis Rossmann: https://store.rossmanngroup.com/amtech-nc-559-v2-30-cc-16160.html</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Check "plunger-needle", but ALSO grab a set of dispensing tips from ChipQuik: https://www.chipquik.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=906002. These <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are very </del>useful<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, and the </del>plastic tips <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are significantly easier </del>to dispense <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">from</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Check <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>"plunger-needle" <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">option</ins>, but ALSO grab a set of dispensing tips from ChipQuik: https://www.chipquik.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=906002. These <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can be extremely </ins>useful <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">if you need to add more or less flux when soldering. The </ins>plastic tips <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">also require much less force </ins>to dispense.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Fume <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">extraction </del>==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Fume <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Extractors </ins>==</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">m terrible at this, moreso than I should be</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">If you live somewhere where it</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s never too cold to crack a window open, and </del>you're soldering in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">front of a window, open that window and turn on </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fan</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''What''': Removes harmful solder fumes in the air</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''Why''': Dying ten years early from inhalation of toxic fumes means ten years less of soldering.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''When''</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: Whenever </ins>you're soldering in a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">poorly ventilated area</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Otherwise</del>, you can at least pretend you care by buying a cheap fume extractor, which is basically just a computer fan with a carbon filter on top of it.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I'm admittedly terrible about this, moreso than I should be. If you can crack a window open and turn on a fan, do that. Fresh air is better than any fume extractor, and it's good for you anyway!</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(message 1/2) </del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>https://www.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">amazon</del>.com/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Aoyue</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">AO486</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Benchtop</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Solder</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Absorber/dp/B001RLZGKK I use this. Consider trying to find it somewhere other than Amazon, mostly because I hate Amazon.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">If you can't open a window</ins>, you can at least pretend you care by buying a cheap fume extractor, which is basically just a computer fan with a carbon filter on top of it.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I personally use the Aoyue AO486: </ins>https://www.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sra-solder</ins>.com/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">aoyue-486-fume-extractor</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">smoke</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">absorber</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fan</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Stand ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Stand ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wow, does it seem easy to cheap out on this</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Don</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">t! It</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s </del>a safety issue (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>not a remote, far-off, "better safe than sorry" one!) and a usability issue. Cheap stands will have open iron holders that are really easy to accidentally stick a finger or hand in. You will burn yourself if you use those. And don't settle for a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">shitty </del>sponge cleaner. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">They don't </del>work. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">They just don</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">t</del>. Go for an iron holder with a good, solid, shrouded holder and a brass wire cleaner. My personal recommendation is the Hakko 633 holder. https://<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">www.amazon</del>.com/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dp/B000TGNWCS/ </del>As Myself put it <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">above</del>: "it's twice the price of the cheapies and ten times as nice"</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''What''': Holds your iron and your iron cleaner</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''Why'</ins>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: Cheaping out on a stand poses </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">major </ins>safety issue (not a remote, far-off, "better safe than sorry" one!) and a usability issue. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wow, does it seem easy to cheap out on this. Don't! </ins>Cheap stands will have open iron holders that are really easy to accidentally stick a finger or hand in. You <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>will<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''' </ins>burn yourself if you use those. And don't settle for a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">stand that includes a </ins>sponge <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as a </ins>cleaner. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sponges do not </ins>work <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">well for iron cleaning</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Even if they do for some, they</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">re much more of a pain to use</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Go for an iron holder with a good, solid, shrouded holder and a brass wire cleaner. My personal recommendation is the Hakko 633<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-01 </ins>holder. https://<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hakkousa</ins>.com/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">633-01-iron-holder-with-599b-tip-cleaner.html </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Myself put it <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(smart guy!)</ins>: "it's twice the price of the cheapies and ten times as nice<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Making it nice and heavy is important so the cord doesn't pull it off the table.</ins>"</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Wick ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Wick ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Solder wick is like high school</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You do arguably need it sometimes, but no one I know has a good experience with it. I overpay for my wick at https</del>:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">//northridgefix.com/product/premium-desolder-braid-wick-10ft-length/, mostly because </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">stuff I got from MG Chemicals was absolute garbage. NorthridgeFix makes good videos anyway, they</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">re worth the money</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''What''': "Wicks" up excess solder</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''When'''</ins>: <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">When there's just too much solder on </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">board and you can</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">t redistribute it without making a mess or creating solder bridges</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">= </del>Why you need <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">everything =</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''</ins>Why<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''': Bad wick will fall apart easily and have too few copper strands (meaning </ins>you<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'ll </ins>need <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to use more wick for the same amount of solder)</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''Iron''': heats up the solder to melt it</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A good iron lets you configure temperature so you don't damage the board (e.g. by ripping off copper pads)</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and will let you use </del>a good <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(silicone, not PVC) cable to connect </del>it <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to the station/outlet</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Solder wick is like high school</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It can be useful</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but no one I know has </ins>a good <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">experience with </ins>it. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I get my wick from NorthridgeFix</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(https</ins>:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">//northridgefix</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">com/product/premium-desolder-braid-wick-10ft-length/) Their stuff can be overpriced, but </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wick is good and their videos </ins>are a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fantastic free resource so it</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s worth sup[porting them</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''Solder''': it's conductive and it binds to things! Bad solder is bad at that</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Should have flux inside.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''Flux'''</del>: <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Helps solder flow and stick to the copper where you want it</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It's optional in </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">same way that boots </del>are <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">optional when walking through 2 feet of snow. </del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''Fume extraction''': Dying ten years early from inhalation of toxic fumes means ten years less of soldering. Again, though, I'm </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hypocrite here, and its effectiveness is debatable.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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</table>Dashhttps://www.Exploitee.rs/index.php?title=Useful_Hardware_Hacking_Tools&diff=3058&oldid=prevZenofex: Created page with "= About = This page will specify some useful hardware hacking tools and advice (currently from the Exploitee.rs discord server by "Hyphen") = Hardware = == Iron == Chea..."2022-01-24T08:56:20Z<p>Created page with "= About = This page will specify some useful hardware hacking tools and advice (currently from the Exploitee.rs discord server by "Hyphen") = Hardware = == Iron == Chea..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>= About = <br />
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This page will specify some useful hardware hacking tools and advice (currently from the Exploitee.rs discord server by "Hyphen") <br />
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= Hardware =<br />
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== Iron == <br />
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Cheap option: PINECIL ($25) https://pine64.com/product/pinecil-smart-mini-portable-soldering-iron/. Make sure to get a silicone USB-C cable, or you will be in for a world of hurt. I had a TS100 (similar form factor) with a PVC cable directly to a power supply directly to an outlet, and it was not fun. Silicon flexes easier and doesn't retain its shape.<br />
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Pricier option: <br />
Quicko/Quecoo ($50) T12-956/952. 952 is cheaper and I'm not totally sure the difference. I'd go for the option here with the metal handle.<br />
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32803295956.html Also available on Amazon if you're impatient<br />
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== Solder ==<br />
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I'd recommend Kester solder, but it's not available in small quantities and you sure as hell don't need a pound of it. Going to defer to Myself's expertise and recommend chipquik: https://www.chipquik.com/store/index.php?cPath=600_610<br />
As for size: go for 0.031" for now. Should be good for most work.<br />
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== Flux ==<br />
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AMTECH flux is my personal favorite. Breathing it at least doesn't make it feel like it will kill you, and it's relatively easy to clean up.<br />
Buy it from the wonderful Louis Rossmann: https://store.rossmanngroup.com/amtech-nc-559-v2-30-cc-16160.html<br />
Check "plunger-needle", but ALSO grab a set of dispensing tips from ChipQuik: https://www.chipquik.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=906002. These are very useful, and the plastic tips are significantly easier to dispense from.<br />
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== Fume extraction ==<br />
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I'm terrible at this, moreso than I should be. If you live somewhere where it's never too cold to crack a window open, and you're soldering in front of a window, open that window and turn on a fan.<br />
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Otherwise, you can at least pretend you care by buying a cheap fume extractor, which is basically just a computer fan with a carbon filter on top of it.<br />
(message 1/2) <br />
https://www.amazon.com/Aoyue-AO486-Benchtop-Solder-Absorber/dp/B001RLZGKK I use this. Consider trying to find it somewhere other than Amazon, mostly because I hate Amazon.<br />
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== Stand ==<br />
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Wow, does it seem easy to cheap out on this. Don't! It's a safety issue (and not a remote, far-off, "better safe than sorry" one!) and a usability issue. Cheap stands will have open iron holders that are really easy to accidentally stick a finger or hand in. You will burn yourself if you use those. And don't settle for a shitty sponge cleaner. They don't work. They just don't. Go for an iron holder with a good, solid, shrouded holder and a brass wire cleaner. My personal recommendation is the Hakko 633 holder. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TGNWCS/ As Myself put it above: "it's twice the price of the cheapies and ten times as nice"<br />
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== Wick ==<br />
Solder wick is like high school. You do arguably need it sometimes, but no one I know has a good experience with it. I overpay for my wick at https://northridgefix.com/product/premium-desolder-braid-wick-10ft-length/, mostly because the stuff I got from MG Chemicals was absolute garbage. NorthridgeFix makes good videos anyway, they're worth the money.<br />
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= Why you need everything =<br />
<br />
* '''Iron''': heats up the solder to melt it. A good iron lets you configure temperature so you don't damage the board (e.g. by ripping off copper pads), and will let you use a good (silicone, not PVC) cable to connect it to the station/outlet.<br />
* '''Solder''': it's conductive and it binds to things! Bad solder is bad at that. Should have flux inside.<br />
* '''Flux''': Helps solder flow and stick to the copper where you want it. It's optional in the same way that boots are optional when walking through 2 feet of snow. <br />
* '''Fume extraction''': Dying ten years early from inhalation of toxic fumes means ten years less of soldering. Again, though, I'm a hypocrite here, and its effectiveness is debatable.<br />
* '''Stand''': You'll burn yourself if you don't have a good one.</div>Zenofex