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15 years ago

Cyclone III with 5v inputs

I'm trying to connect approximately (16) 5v TTL inputs into a Cyclone III eval board, the terasic de0 [1]. These are all input towards the FPGA only. The eval board has (2) 40-pin IDC headers for t...
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15 years ago

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Before completely hijacking my own thread,

Solder type and size? Temperature setting? Tip size and type? Solder braid size?

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Nothing particularly special, just whatever I have lying around, lets see ...

* Solder wick = PRO WICK 1801-10F 0.035" wide (i.e., narrow)

* Small solder tip

* Solder station set to 700F (Weller or Hakko)

There's a bunch of soldering videos on YouTube, check them out to see what people do (I recall SparkFun Electronics might have some videos too, but that may be for a DIY reflow oven ...)

Cheers,

Dave