I'm trying to solder wires onto WS2811 strip and appear to be struggling somewhat! There are tiny holes in each pad, but I'm using 0.6mm hookup wire, which doesn't fit through them. If I enlarge the holes with a pin, they tend to just split to the edge of the pad. I tried drilling a 0.8mm hole, but that also splits the pad and/or removes most of it!
Then tried soldering wire to the surface rather than through the hole, which was more successful, but still not really good, with solder everywhere due to trying to "scrape" the solder off the iron onto the pad & wire.
I'm also having trouble getting solder to stick to the pad at all, tried lightly sanding the pad and adding more flux from a pen which made no difference
I know a lot of people have used these strips, so is it just me?! Does anyone have any tips & tricks on how to solder these things easily? I've used the non-addressable RGB strips in the past - which have bigger pads despite being 4-way - with nowhere near as much difficulty.
Then tried soldering wire to the surface rather than through the hole, which was more successful, but still not really good, with solder everywhere due to trying to "scrape" the solder off the iron onto the pad & wire.
I'm also having trouble getting solder to stick to the pad at all, tried lightly sanding the pad and adding more flux from a pen which made no difference
I know a lot of people have used these strips, so is it just me?! Does anyone have any tips & tricks on how to solder these things easily? I've used the non-addressable RGB strips in the past - which have bigger pads despite being 4-way - with nowhere near as much difficulty.
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