How to Solder: Through-Hole Soldering

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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.

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

How to Solder: Castellated Mounting Holes

May 12, 2015
Tutorial showing how to solder castellated holes (or castellations). This might come in handy if you need to solder a module or PCB to another PCB. These castellations are becoming popular with integrated WiFi and Bluetooth modules.

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

SSOP-16 to DIP Adapter Hookup Guide

January 5, 2017
Using the SSOP-16 to DIP adapter board.

8-Pin SOIC to DIP Adapter Hookup Guide

August 13, 2015
Assembly and application of the 8-pin SOIC-to-DIP adapter.

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

Working with Wire

How to strip, crimp, and work with wire.

Using the Arduino Pro Mini 3.3V

This tutorial is your guide to all things Arduino Pro Mini. It explains what it is, what it's not, and how to get started using it.

BadgerHack

This tutorial shows users how to solder their SparkFun interactive badges as well as put them to use in other projects.

LED PomPom Headbands

Follow this tutorial to make your own light up PomPom headband! Try the beginner version if you are new to electronics or the advanced version if you have some more experience!

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 Basic Flashlight Soldering Kit

KIT-14877
$5.50

SparkFun Simon Says - Through-Hole Soldering Kit

KIT-10547
$29.95

SparkFun WeevilEye - Beginner Soldering Kit

KIT-10723
$11.25

SparkFun Decade Resistance Box - PTH Soldering Kit

KIT-13006
$36.95

SparkFun ProtoShield Kit

DEV-13820
$14.95

SparkFun Wireless Joystick Kit

KIT-14051
$44.95

SparkFun Binary Blaster Kit

KIT-12037
$32.95

SparkFun ISP Pogo Adapter v2

KIT-23451
$15.50

Unigeek - Unicorn Soldering Badge Kit

KIT-14639
Retired

heART - Surface Mount Soldering Kit

KIT-14640
Retired

SparkFun SparkPunk Sequencer Kit

KIT-12707
Retired

Night Light Soldering Kit

KIT-14638
Retired

SparkFun SparkPunk Sound Kit

KIT-11177
Retired

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

KIT-14637
Retired

SparkFun BigTime Watch Kit

KIT-11734
Retired

Lighthouse Beginner Soldering Kit

KIT-14635
Retired

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

KIT-14636
Retired

Or check out these blog posts related to soldering and tools!