51fordf2
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Well, thought I'd start things out here - I have boards and parts in hand, so no reason not to pull the soldering iron out of the fire...
First item I have found, is that when you install the sockets for the XBee, be very careful when you solder them in. You don't need a lot of solder. It appears that the solder can wick into the hollow tubes that the pins from the XBee go into. Haven't attempted to try to solder-suck it out, yet. It's only one hole, out of 20 on the one board, but it's enough to only allow the XBee to go about 1/2 way in, and when you look down in the hole, it's silver, instead of brass/copper. Pretty sure that's what has happened.
Perhaps the mod-gods can make this thread a sticky?
Roger
First item I have found, is that when you install the sockets for the XBee, be very careful when you solder them in. You don't need a lot of solder. It appears that the solder can wick into the hollow tubes that the pins from the XBee go into. Haven't attempted to try to solder-suck it out, yet. It's only one hole, out of 20 on the one board, but it's enough to only allow the XBee to go about 1/2 way in, and when you look down in the hole, it's silver, instead of brass/copper. Pretty sure that's what has happened.
Perhaps the mod-gods can make this thread a sticky?
Roger