Description

I want to practice hot‑air soldering to then transplant a Game Boy Advance CPU and RAM from a damaged unit onto a new "custom" motherboard.

Goals

I want to first learn the hot air soldering fundamentals by removing a couple of components from already broken electronics.

My final goal for the project would be to de-solder the CPU/RAM units of a damaged Game Boy Advance motherboard and re-solder them onto a new "custom" one.

If anyone here wants to also try hot-air-soldering, feel free to come by the NBG office. I plan to do this on Tuesday and/or maybe Wednesday. If you would like to join but are only able to on another day, let me know.

Resources

I basically already have everything needed, except maybe for the broken electronics to test on, but i'm sure i'll find something until Hackweek starts.

Equipment

• Hot air soldering gun
• Normal soldering iron
• Solder, Flux, Sponge, De-solder, etc..
  

Components

• Old GBA Motherboard with working CPU & RAM
  
• New GBA Motherboard
  
• New GBA Case, Buttons, etc.