<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>They don't cover surface mount soldering at all. And as far as soldering goes the order of components you solder go from what ever is lowest on the board to the highest. If anyone has any questions concerning soldering or questions of PCB construction/electrical manufacturing I'll be happy to answer them :). </div><div><br></div><div>-Will </div><br><div><div>On Aug 11, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Nathan Powell wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Somewhat tangential, but Boing Boing put up a link to a soldering instructional comic yesterday. Might come in handy for teaching basic soldering courses.<br></div><div>Blog entry - <a href="http://mightyohm.com/blog/2011/04/soldering-is-easy-comic-book/">http://mightyohm.com/blog/2011/04/soldering-is-easy-comic-book/</a></div> <div>Direct to the PDF - <a href="http://mightyohm.com/files/soldercomic/FullSolderComic_EN.pdf">http://mightyohm.com/files/soldercomic/FullSolderComic_EN.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>Nathan</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Josiah Ritchie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:josiah@josiahritchie.com">josiah@josiahritchie.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> There seems to be a significant interest in MakeLV doing classes and workshops. The pinhole one certainly seemed good.<br><br>I started a page on the wiki with some ideas of what people might enjoy. Do you have something we should add to the list? Would you like to volunteer to teach a class or lead a workshop on one of these or something else?<div> <div><br></div><div>Here is the list I've come up with:<br><div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif"><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin-top:0.3em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:1.5em;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"> <li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><b>Skills</b> - Basic Multimeter Skills, Advanced Multimeter Skills, Basic Oscilloscope Skills, Basic 3D Printing, Basic Milling, Basic Laser Cutting, Basic Laser Etching, Basic Soldering, SMD Soldering, Desoldering, Knife Sharpening, Cable weaving,</li> <li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><b>Woodworking</b> - Selecting and Cutting woods, Pros and Cons of various types of wood</li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><b>Robotics</b> - Motor, Servos and Stepper Motor Skills, Wireless control, Chassis Construction, Wheels versus Tracks</li> <li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><b>Electronics</b> - Relays, Transistors, ICs, LED, Resistors, motors, XBee, piezo, lasers</li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><b>Microcontrollers</b> - Arduino Basics, Advanced Arduino, Atmel programming</li> <li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><b>Projects</b> - Line Following bots, Mouse Bots, Bristle Bots, Steady Cam Mount, DTV Antenna, Soft Circuits (conductive play dough), Converting a PC Power Supply into Benchtop Power Supply,</li> <li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><b>Salvage Skills</b> - Opening what wasn't meant to be opened, harvesting raw materials from common items, where to find cool stuff</li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><b>Photography</b> - Creating Custom Lenses, Camera Hacks,</li> </ul><div><span style="line-height:18px"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height:18px">JSR/</span></div></span></div></div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> Makelehighvalley mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Makelehighvalley@makelehighvalley.com">Makelehighvalley@makelehighvalley.com</a><br> <a href="http://makelehighvalley.com/mailman/listinfo/makelehighvalley_makelehighvalley.com" target="_blank">http://makelehighvalley.com/mailman/listinfo/makelehighvalley_makelehighvalley.com</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br> _______________________________________________<br>Makelehighvalley mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Makelehighvalley@makelehighvalley.com">Makelehighvalley@makelehighvalley.com</a><br>http://makelehighvalley.com/mailman/listinfo/makelehighvalley_makelehighvalley.com<br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>