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Carefully(!!!) cut the narrow trace between the middle and right pad with a sharp knife:
Carefully(!!!) cut the narrow trace between the middle and right pad with a sharp knife:
[[File:solder_jumper_cut.JPG|none|thumb|300px|alt=Trace is cut|Trace is cut]]
[[File:solder_jumper_cut.JPG|none|thumb|300px|alt=Trace is cut|Trace is cut]]
Note that you can now see the bare color of the PCB, a yellowish colour. The green you know from PCBs is the solder mask that is often used.

Place a solder jumper over the other two pads:
Place a solder jumper over the other two pads:
[[File:solder_jumper_soldered.JPG|none|thumb|300px|alt=New connection is created|New connection is created]]
[[File:solder_jumper_soldered.JPG|none|thumb|300px|alt=New connection is created|New connection is created]]

Latest revision as of 18:06, 4 November 2016

Solder jumpers

Trace still intact
Trace still intact

Carefully(!!!) cut the narrow trace between the middle and right pad with a sharp knife:

Trace is cut
Trace is cut

Note that you can now see the bare color of the PCB, a yellowish colour. The green you know from PCBs is the solder mask that is often used.

Place a solder jumper over the other two pads:

New connection is created
New connection is created