Soldering & desoldering

Soldering and desoldering gather here everything that is worked with an iron on a retro console: stations and irons, wire, flux and braid, but also the parts that call for soldering such as 0.5 mm FFC connectors, SMD LEDs, Game Boy speakers and USB-C charging modules.

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Fun-Esports Lead-free rosin core solder wire — 0.8 and 1.0 mmAvailable

14,99€

Fun-Esports 900M-T soldering iron tips — pack of 5, 936/937-type stationsAvailable

15,99€

Fun-Esports USB digital microscope for soldering — 8 LEDs, 1080p sensorAvailable

32,99€

Fun-Esports High-temperature polyimide tape 33 m — soldering and reworkAvailable

13,99€

Fun-Esports Soldering helping hand — magnetic base and flexible armsAvailable

14,99€

Fun-Esports 5x LED magnifier lamp for the workbench — 3 colour temperatures, soldering and moddingAvailable

27,99€

Fun-Esports Silicone soldering repair mat — magnetic compartmentsAvailable

14,99€

Fun-Esports Helping hand with 5X magnifier for soldering — FEITA TE-805 crocodile clipsAvailable

21,99€

Fun-Esports Soldering iron tip cleaning and tinning cream — 6 to 26 gAvailable

14,99€

Fun-Esports Soldering iron stand with sponge — stable base for the workshopAvailable

14,99€

Fun-Esports SS12D00 slide switches — pack of 20, 1P2T 3-pinAvailable

13,99€

Fun-Esports 367D desoldering pump — remove molten solder in one goAvailable

13,99€

Fun-Esports Replacement speaker for retro consoles — 8/16/32 Ω, pack of 2Available

14,99€

Fun-Esports Flexible silicone wire, 5 colours — mod wiring, 20 to 30 AWGAvailable

19,99€

Fun-Esports Soldering iron tip cleaning ball — dry cleaningAvailable

14,99€

Fun-Esports RMA-223 solder flux in a 10 cc syringe — with needleAvailable

17,99€

Fun-Esports PAM8403 2 × 3 W audio amplifier module — class D, 5 V USBAvailable

13,99€

Knowing in advance which retro repairs have to go through the iron

Three levels of difficulty on the same page

Soldering two wires to a Game Boy speaker takes ten minutes with a back-up iron. Fitting a USB-C charging module or a power board already means removing an original connector cleanly. Replacing a 0.5 mm pitch FFC connector, the pack of fifty covering 6 to 40 pins, or an SMD LED in a 0402 package is another matter and belongs to micro-soldering: at that scale, the 1080p digital microscope and its eight LEDs stop being a luxury.

Desoldering does more damage than soldering

It is prolonged heat that lifts the pads, not the iron itself. Hence the use of flux, braid and, where possible, hot air rather than pulling a part off mechanically. The 33 m polyimide tape is used to mask the neighbouring areas while heating, and the PCB holder with magnetic posts saves holding the board in your hand.

What it doesn't do

These products make no repair certain: a torn trace has to be bridged with wire, not with the iron alone. The 3.5-inch IPS screen kit for the Lynx II on this page calls for soldering and is nothing like a fit with no cutting. And no tool removes the need to check a pinout before heating.

Soldering irons and stations · Soldering consumables · Capacitors and recapping · Batteries and save batteries · Charging modules · Measurement and inspection · Workshop tools

Questions fréquentes

Where should you start if you have never soldered?

With a temperature-controlled iron, 0.8 mm wire, flux and braid. Practise on a dead board before touching a console. Replacing a speaker or a wire makes an accessible first job; micro-soldering comes much later.

Do you need a microscope to solder SMD?

For 0805 or 1206 packages, a good magnifying lamp is often enough. Below that, in particular for the 0402 LEDs in the pack of a hundred or 0.5 mm pitch FFC connectors, the digital microscope really does help to spot solder bridges. It is a convenience that becomes a necessity depending on the size.

What is the difference between a ribbon cable and an FFC connector?

The ribbon cable is the flexible strip; the FFC connector is the part soldered to the board that receives it. The pack of fifty flip-lock connectors at 0.5 mm pitch covers 6 to 40 pins. When a ribbon no longer holds, it is often the connector's flip-lock that has broken, not the ribbon.