A Lot of Hot Air - Soldering ESP32-S3 Boards

Published at : 23 Dec 2025

The PCBs have arrived from https://www.PCBWay.com/?from=atomic and we need to solder them up.

In the previous video I soldered them up using my mini hotplate - but a hot air gun I ordered a while back has just arrived.

This is the one that I bought: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DCVdAqr
The alternatives that I considered are these two:
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DdIktwb
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DedBjfl

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