Learn hot air soldering for GBA-CPU and RAM transfer
Description
I want to practice hot‑air soldering to then transfer 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
- Soldering iron
- Solder, Flux, Sponge, De-solder, etc..
Components
- Old GBA Motherboard with working CPU & RAM
- New GBA Motherboard
- Metal/Glass GBA Case
- Metal GBA Buttons
This project is part of:
Hack Week 25
Activity
Comments
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1 day ago by robert.richardson | Reply
After i removed two micro controllers of a broken amplifier for practice (Thank you @mkittler for bringing some scrap parts), i was able to remove both CPU and RAM from the old motherboard by "hot air de-soldering" them on Monday and re-solder them onto a new (purple) motherboard using a regular iron a day later. Then i assembled the final GBA:
Finished GBA
Process
(only started taking pictures after hot air soldering was successful)
Above images will disappear after 3 months, alternative link: https://drive.proton.me/urls/H8C2DCVXVC#Xgi3BqC3Qv73
Reply to robert.richardson
After i removed two micro controllers of a broken amplifier for practice (Thank you @mkittler for bringing some scrap parts), i was able to remove both CPU and RAM from the old motherboard by "hot air de-soldering" them on Monday and re-solder them onto a new (purple) motherboard using a regular iron a day later. Then i assembled the final GBA:
Finished GBA
Process
(only started taking pictures after hot air soldering was successful)
Above images will disappear after 3 months, alternative link: https://drive.proton.me/urls/H8C2DCVXVC#Xgi3BqC3Qv73
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