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4 Raspberry Pi accessories
this monograph was, from the very beginning, the idea that there are
too many users of gadgets and too few makers, hackers, and fixers.
There are some other items that one may need: a Raspberry Pi 400
GPIO adapter (which makes the GPIO pins on Raspberry Pi more ac-
cessible); a micro USB to USB-C adapter (the power supply for Rasp-
berry Pi 3 or Raspberry Pi Zero uses a micro USB connector; Raspberry
Pi 4, on the other hand, uses a USB-C connector); occasionally a micro
USB to USB-A adapter is needed (for some accessories); an HDMI to
HDMI mini adapter (for connecting a monitor or TV to a Raspberry Pi
Zero family of computers with an HDMI to HDMI cable); and a plug
adapter (for when you purchase a power supply with a wrong plug).
Figure 4.9 shows a soldering set consisting of (from upper left cor-
ner, upper row) an 85W Weller soldering station with soldering iron
connected to it, soldering iron tip cleaning sponge, and a third hand
with a magnifying glass. In the middle row there are soldering flux
paste, a desoldering wick, and a soldering tip reactivator. The third row
shows (from left to right) a solder sucker, syringe solder flux, circuit
board holder, a 0.9 mm WBT silver solder, and a 0.5 mm ordinary sol-
der. What is missing from the Figure 4.9 are spare soldering tips.

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