How to Solder: Through-Hole Soldering

Contributors: Joel_E_B

Resources and Going Further

We've only just begun to travel down the soldering rabbit hole. Once you have mastered PTH soldering, you can try your hand at these other skills and tutorials.

• Electronics Troubleshooting
• Electronics Assembly
• SMD How To Soldering Series
• Making Your Own Solder Paste Stencils
• Solder Paste and Stenciling and Reflowing with a Skillet or Toaster
• SparkFun Simon SMD Tutorial w/ Tony

For more information about soldering castellated mounting holes to pads, check out our guide on soldering castellated holes.

Or check out the following tutorials to solder a surface mount component (SMD) to a breakout board.

Looking for more tutorials with soldering? Try taking a look at any tutorial tagged with soldering!

And, of course, what's a soldering tutorial without something to solder. SparkFun sells a variety of kits that are great for honing your soldering skills. There's even a Learn to Solder series of kits that have all the tools necessary to get started.

SparkFun Simon Says - Through-Hole Soldering Kit

KIT-10547

This updated version of our popular Simon Says Kit has been specifically designed to make learning how to solder easy and app…

$29.95

SparkFun Basic Flashlight Soldering Kit

KIT-14877

This Flashlight Soldering Kit is an easy to assemble soldering kit designed to help teach the basics of through hole solderin…

$5.50

SparkFun WeevilEye - Beginner Soldering Kit

KIT-10723

Have you ever seen a Weevil? It's a pretty under-appreciated beetle, so we thought it deserved a kit. Okay, so we just kind o…

$9.95

SparkFun Decade Resistance Box - PTH Soldering Kit

KIT-13006

This is the SparkFun Decade Resistance Box, an involved PTH soldering kit that allows you to quickly and accurately dial in a…

$36.95

SparkFun Binary Blaster Kit

KIT-12037

Binary Blaster is a game designed to help teach what binary numbers are and how to convert from decimal (and hexadecimal) to …

$32.95

SparkFun ProtoShield Kit

DEV-13820

The SparkFun ProtoShield Kit lets you customize your own Arduino shield using whatever circuit you can come up with and then …

$14.95

SparkFun ISP Pogo Adapter v2

KIT-23451

The ISP Pogo Adapter, a simple and easy way to adapt pogo pins to a 6-pin ISP header allowing you to program an IC still with…

$15.50

SparkFun Wireless Joystick Kit

KIT-14051

The SparkFun Wireless Joystick Kit provides an easy way to control your next XBee project.

Retired

Lighthouse Beginner Soldering Kit

KIT-14635

With this Lighthouse kit you will be able to learn the basics and intermediate skills of soldering by being able to assemble …

Retired

Day of the Geek - Soldering Badge Kit (White with Copper Trace)

KIT-14636

This white version of the Day of the Geek soldering kit you will be able to learn the basics of soldering by being able to as…

Retired

Day of the Geek - Soldering Badge Kit (Black with Copper Trace)

KIT-14637

This black version of the Day of the Geek soldering kit you will be able to learn the basics of soldering by being able to as…

Retired

Night Light Soldering Kit

KIT-14638

The Night Light is an intermediate kit that provides good lessons for individuals looking to expand their soldering expertise…

Retired

Unigeek - Unicorn Soldering Badge Kit

KIT-14639

The Unigeek is a soldering kit that teaches you the basics of PTH and SMD soldering while assembling a light up unicorn badge…

Retired

heART - Surface Mount Soldering Kit

KIT-14640

With the heART Surface Mount Soldering Kit you will be able to learn the basics of SMD soldering by being able to assemble a …

Retired

SparkFun BigTime Watch Kit

KIT-11734

The SparkFun BigTime watch kit is a geekishly stylish digital watch with a NATO style watch-band and a slick acrylic enclosur…

Retired

SparkFun SparkPunk Sequencer Kit

KIT-12707

The SparkFun SparkPunk Sequencer is a musical control voltage sequencer designed to control the SparkPunk Sound Kit. With the…

Retired

SparkFun SparkPunk Sound Kit

KIT-11177

The SparkFun SparkPunk Kit is a sound generator made in the spirit of the Atari Punk Console. Rather than simply recreating t…

Retired

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