One of the new boards I got from @OSH_Park yesterday.
My Environment Monitor project is pretty much all soldered up. Unfortunately I ordered some JST XH connectors and tails from Aliexpress late last year and they have yet to arrive so will can’t properly finish the board.
I did tack some leads on and supplied power and I got 3.3v in all the right places and the switches worked so it should be fine.
@Richard_Vowles Because I could Also I have no way of flashing the ESP without first soldering it to something… So why not solder it to the final board? It also means I can update it easily when I find bugs
@Stefan_Kruger Thank you! Yes I did hand solder it With the help of my reading glasses, a very fine tipped soldering iron, very fine solder (<1mm dia) and a large magnifying glass on one of those “Helping Hands” small clamps.