Tip soldering
CAUTION: This procedure uses equipment at high temperature. Avoid touching hot surfaces.
Recommended equipment
• Lead-free solder
• 4 mil diameter (38 AWG) wire (a spool of 38 AWG wire is included as a standard accessory with each P7700 TDP7700
Series probe)
• MetCal Soldering Station + UFTC-7CN04 (Conical UltraFine Soldering Cartridge, max tip temp 775 °F (412 °C)) or
equivalent
• Solder-Wick Rosin SD Size #1 (80-1-10) or equivalent
• Tweezers and sharp wire cutters
Tip soldering procedure. Keep the
wires short as possible for best
signal fidelity. Soldering wires
first to the test points and then
attaching the P7700 TDP7700
Solder tips is the best way to
keep wire lengths short.
Solder wires to the test points.
Cut wires with different lengths.
This will make it easier to thread
the wires onto the solder tips.
Basic operation
P7700 Series TriMode™ Probes 30