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.

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!

Binary Blaster Assembly Guide

Learn how to assemble and play the Binary Blaster Game from SparkFun Electronics.

How to Use a Hot Air Rework Station

Hot-air stations or heat guns are very useful tools and are essential for any electronics workbench. When working with or building printed circuit boards, there is a lot of room for errors to be made. Have no fear though, there are ways to remedy this with a hot air rework station!

DIY Heated Earmuffs

Embedded with heating pads and four Neopixel rings, these earmuffs do more than your average winter accessory to keep you warm while still looking good.

Wireless Glove Controller

Build a wireless glove controller with Arduinos to trigger an LED using XBees!

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

SparkFun Basic Flashlight Soldering Kit

KIT-14877
$5.50 $3.85
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SparkFun Simon Says - Through-Hole Soldering Kit

SparkFun Simon Says - Through-Hole Soldering Kit

KIT-10547
$28.95 $21.71
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SparkFun WeevilEye - Beginner Soldering Kit

SparkFun WeevilEye - Beginner Soldering Kit

KIT-10723
$10.95 $7.67
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SparkFun Decade Resistance Box - PTH Soldering Kit

SparkFun Decade Resistance Box - PTH Soldering Kit

KIT-13006
$36.50
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SparkFun ProtoShield Kit

SparkFun ProtoShield Kit

DEV-13820
$12.50
3
SparkFun Binary Blaster Kit

SparkFun Binary Blaster Kit

KIT-12037
$29.50
5
Lighthouse Beginner Soldering Kit

Lighthouse Beginner Soldering Kit

KIT-14635
$9.95
3
Day of the Geek - Soldering Badge Kit (Black with Copper Trace)

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

KIT-14637
$7.50
3
SparkFun ISP Pogo Adapter v2

SparkFun ISP Pogo Adapter v2

KIT-23451
$14.95
Day of the Geek - Soldering Badge Kit (White with Copper Trace)

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

KIT-14636
$7.50
2
Unigeek - Unicorn Soldering Badge Kit

Unigeek - Unicorn Soldering Badge Kit

KIT-14639
$11.95
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heART - Surface Mount Soldering Kit

heART - Surface Mount Soldering Kit

KIT-14640
$18.50
SparkFun Wireless Joystick Kit

SparkFun Wireless Joystick Kit

KIT-14051
$43.95
2

Night Light Soldering Kit

KIT-14638
2 Retired

SparkFun SparkPunk Sequencer Kit

KIT-12707
3 Retired

SparkFun BigTime Watch Kit

KIT-11734
6 Retired

SparkFun SparkPunk Sound Kit

KIT-11177
6 Retired

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