Category Archives: Electronics.

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Weller WMS 1 Soldering Station — A short review

Posted on September 1, 2010 by robert

Summer is finally over it seems. Yesterday was the first noticeably colder and terribly rainy day and I have a feeling in my gut that I’m already incubating a nasty cold. I got soaked again while riding my bike back … Continue reading →

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Bad soldering day — A rip-off (literally)

Posted on July 8, 2010 by robert

Once in a while I sell one or two of the RGB LED RING boards. As not everybody feels comfortable with soldering SMD parts (and I’ve explicitly warned that it’s not that easy and that the RGB LEDs die easily) … Continue reading →

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‘Microcontroller Contest’ on Expli.de — Electronics kits to win!

Posted on June 23, 2010 by robert

I think this is targeted at German speaking folk. I don’t know what policy they have, but the contest entries should be written in German I guess. In case you haven’t guessed yet, EXPLI is a site with the same … Continue reading →

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I shall smite yee till kingdom come — Arrrrrr!

Posted on May 25, 2010 by robert

ENOUGH OF THIS INSANITY! In my previous post I described how and why I’ve temporarily wrecked my beloved power supply. Thankfully these 390mΩ 5W resistors are available. Right now I could only find 5% types, but ” bettar tan nottin’ … Continue reading →

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Failure by Design – My digital power supply

Posted on May 24, 2010 by robert

It’s a Voltcraft DIGI-35 CPU. So far I’ve been quite fond of it and given its age of more than 15 years rightly so I think. The markings on the PCB read: “CTC/91 DIGI-35″ and “18132 4350009427″. It’s the black … Continue reading →

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