You can see that I’ve (poorly) soldered jumper wires onto the motor, which I’ve done so I can prototype the project with a breadboard. I can do the same with the potentiometer, but I thought I’d ask how other people deal with these connectors. Is there a certain type of crimp pin or something that works better? Stick a wire through the hold and put a glob of solder on it? Or should I just get a potentiometer with normal headers? If there’s a standard technique for soldering a wire onto them, I’d love to see it.
I put a small bend in the wire so that it passes through the hole and then lays flat along the component lead. To me this provides a larger contact area for both current flow and mechanical connection strength.
