Soldering & Crimping Wires for DIY Arduino Projects

[@studiospiraluniverse]

I wish I had seen this video many years ago, before learning these fundamentals by making so many mistakes. New DIY‘ers are lucky to watch this. Anyway I learn more than enough from your other videos and I still enjoyed watching this.

[@SoundSimulator]

Thank you so much as always for the kind words and support! I hope you're looking forward to the next video when we communicate Arduino and Pure Data!

[@tm73827]

Your content is great but the quality of your shoot is truly professional. Your close up shots are well focused on the subject, you show details that make your work unambiguous to viewers like me in India and elsewhere. Bravo! Hope other KZbin creators learn your techniques. Thank you!

[@SoundSimulator]

Thank you so much!! I greatly appreciate your kind words on how the video looks. And I'm glad to hear that it's helpful!

[@d0nkilluminat1]

What a great detailed video. This helps so much in my understanding of soldering, cutting and crimping wires. I was not able to grasp it prior to watching your tutorial. Awesome work!

[@SoundSimulator]

I'm really glad to hear that this video demystified soldering and wiring!

[@tommywilczek]

Incredible video, nice work

[@SoundSimulator]

Glad to hear that!! Thank you for letting me know :)

[@RobytheFlorentine]

very good and high quality video. Bravo. Regards from Florence, Italy

[@SoundSimulator]

Thank you so much!!

[@brendanninness7757]

🤘🤘 Might be different in other parts of the world, but hot tip for component purchasing during COVID times for anyone reading: Tayda Electronics has been the cheapest, fastest and most reliable place I’ve bought stuff (pots, knobs, wires, specifically re: this project!). Other places took months for parts to arrive, but Tayda ship everything via DHL etc. for pretty cheap and it’s always arrived to me in Australia (from Thailand) within a week. And the pink bags everything is organised by are great 😊. Thanks Takumi!

[@SoundSimulator]

Thank you so much for this information, Brendan!! I greatly appreciate it! I will check out the website!

[@VictorBreder]

Hey, thanks for the video! Super clear and thought out

[@SoundSimulator]

Glad to hear it Victor! Thanks!!

[@rammone5241]

Very good instructions for the tools and process, very helpful. Thanks!

[@mhansl]

Good tutorial. One suggestion: Some heat shrink tubing on the helping hand clips gives them a more gentile non-marking grip.

[@SoundSimulator]

Ahh, that's a great tip! I should try that out next time I solder. Thanks!!

[@danitempest]

This was so educational! Thank you for showing in detail how to go about this. How do I go about daisy chaining multiple potentiometer grounds so that only one pin on the Arduino is being used? I want my midi controller to have 10 knobs and 3 buttons. Thanks again!

[@SoundSimulator]

Glad to hear that it was helpful!! So you would need 10 ADC inputs (ground and 5V can be shared between the potentiometers) but the issue is that Arduino like the Uno has only 6 ADCs. One solution is to use a multiplexer. In short, it'll turn one ADC to 8 inputs. So with one mux, you can have 13 total inputs now! It's easier to use than it seems. There should be a breakout version that'll be easier to use as well. Easier solution is to get Arduino Mega. I have done this until I learned that mux wasn't that hard to use. Good luck with your project!! This channel is about music tech, so it's exciting to hear that you're making a MIDI controller :)

[@danitempest]

@@SoundSimulator You've been very helpful! I appreciate you getting back with me. The Arduino I'm using is the micro which has 12 analog inputs. What confuses me is the ground. Since the micro only has three grounds, how can I daisy chain 10 pots together using only one ground? Because of space I really would rather not use a multiplexer for these controllers if possible. Would it be possible for me to message you and show you my project?

[@SoundSimulator]

@@danitempest Ah cool, then you don't need to worry about mux. So it sounds like you need a breadboard. I explain about how to connect multiple potentiometers to one Arduino in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4e6YXl6bsySic0

[@danitempest]

@@SoundSimulator I ended up using a breakout board which worked great. TY for all of your help and guidance.

[@SoundSimulator]

@@danitempest Awesome! Glad to help :)

[@omivvv]

this helps me a lot, thanks !😊

[@SoundSimulator]

Happy to hear that! Soldering can seem intimidating at first, so I'm glad this video helped!

[@andreyl2705]

Thank you. very useful information.

[@monivibes1]

Hey mate, the knob you used- is it a rotary encoder or a rotary potentiometer? 6:59

[@juscianoguimaraes9033]

Your top video is very good, but I would like to know how I can connect 13 20mm 10k potentiometers to one Arduino? thank you

[@SoundSimulator]

Multiplexer :) I wrote out a guide on how to use over on Electrosmith's Daisy Forum. The title of that post is "Cd4051 Multiplexer Tutorial Is Here!". Good luck! It's less intimidating than it initially seems.

[@lhongkho1091]

Nice educational video. Thanks op.

[@SoundSimulator]

Thank you for watching!! Glad to hear that it was informative!

[@ralune9216]

Can I use male to male jumper wires for this? I know I can't adjust the length if I use them but I don't need to. Nice video btw.

[@SoundSimulator]

That's perfectly fine to do!! And you can always extend by using female to male jumper if needed. Thanks for watching!

[@noobdernoobder6707]

Isnt a simple isolation tape cheaper and does the same job as the heat shrink?

[@lukeschneider6202]

total beginner here. Does the size of the wire matter? I have 28 AWG

[@OguzAli-r1j]

Can I use jumper cables instead of this

[@Steveobobevo]

I have 20 awg wires. Is that ok?

[@SoundSimulator]

It should be ok!

[@MaksEmell]

Ok.. It seems like my way starts here

[@SoundSimulator]

Good luck!!

[@ricbarker4829]

Hobby electronic parts are dirt cheap. Buy more knobs and solder the wires directly to the knob. It will look more professional and less risk of crappy connections.

[@billshedd55]

Good video except for the crimping. Use the proper crimping tool.

[@SoundSimulator]

Thank you for the advice! Yes, I really should start using a proper tool for that.

[@quatreraberbawinner2628]

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