Edtracker - cheap headtracker diy

[SkeeterUK]

Hey all.

so i heard about edtracker and thought id give it ago. Cuson lent me a portable soldering iron and my helping hand arrived this morning so i thought id practice on some spare header pins i got with the bundle of parts i got for the project, i thought they looked ok so i tried the 4 corners of the pro micro just to set the headers on.

Anyhow heres some pics.

Trouble i found was pressing the tip of the blade tip i have for the soldering iron didnt "heat" the pin or shiny bit on the pcb so when touching solder on it would melt. I had to press the tip to the pin put the solderiron to the tip of the solder then spread it around the pin kinda.

I probs did a crap job and have to redo it.. But hey im trying on my own instead of having someone else do it so i should get brownie points for trying at least.

 

[SkeeterUK]

These are the parts for the edtracker.

Wont be using the green board tho that was just to help the pro micro pins stability when soldering em.

Since the pics in the first post i tried a few more, some didnt go to plan and need to desolder some so ordered some desoldering braid stuff.

The constructed device will then be put in a tic tac box as ppl suggested its a good fit then strap it to my headphones.