Soldering GHI Devices

I came to complain about something weird. I soldered pins onto the Fezduino, but then I could not get them off again. Seems like the Ground plane is soaking away the heat from my iron.
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From what I can see, the hole lands have thermal reliefs so not solid copper connection to the ground plane. I find that a hot air repair station is easier to use to get pins out of the PCB.

PS. Looking at your recent avatar image update, I can’t believe how many years have passed since many of us have been using GHI “stuff” and first met on here, but it is great to see so many “old timers” still in the forum hacking away.

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