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What's a good PCB layout software for a beginner? Autodesk EAGLE seems too complex for my dumbass and Fritzing is no longer being mantained and crashes on me a lot.
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After my latest solder tip literally crumbled in the middle of a project, I'd like to know what tips y'all use and how you take care of them.
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Mar 15, 2019 02:14
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Is it possible to get micro USB sockets that simply have 2 pins for power that my dumbass could reliably solder? Is there a magical keyword to find these on eBay?
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May 2, 2019 08:59
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How the hell is Arrow able to do free 1-day delivery with no minimum purchase amount?
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May 3, 2019 20:40
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Ambrose Burnside posted:"loss leader to undercut their very similar and more established competitors" i would imagine I ordered a handful of components: some pots, ICs, caps, and other small components in addition to 3 rolls of hook-up wire on Thursday like 4 AM. it arrived today (Friday) a little after noon. All these things could probably fit in a 8"x8"x4" box or so with plenty of space for packing peanuts or whatever. The items arrived in 2 different boxes: a 10"x8"x4" or so box and a 8"x12"x12X or so box. Every item was in its own fairly large anti-static bag and individual ICs (I only ordered 1 of each) were in a separate rigid tube that are at least 8" long. Edit: One of the components was a DIP socket that is in its own sealed box that's larger than a ring box that is also in its own antistatic bag. 
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May 3, 2019 21:24
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Shame Boy posted:Try ordering some TQFP packages from them some time, it's insane. I order like, 10 ATMega chips and they send me this massive tray, like 1ft by 2ft, capable of holding like 200 to 300 chips easy, and made of that really durable plastic that milk crates are made of. This is then secured with three thick straps, vacuum packed in an antistatic bag and put in a box with a bunch of packing material. drat those trays eeem handy. Might be worth it just for those.
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May 3, 2019 22:04
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Bad Munki posted:The Something Awful Forums > DIY > There's something wrong with your time tunnel in the Learning Electronics MEGATHREAD
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May 29, 2019 19:22
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This is a kind of unrelated aside but that tree figure reminded me of a toy I had when I was young that had a green translucent material on the top of the head/stump and the eyes. I think it was supposed to catch light and slightly give off a green glow. Maybe it was glow in the dark.
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Jul 13, 2019 15:06
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I think there's a BigClive video where he takes apart a lithium battery and it ignites. Thankfully he was putting the pieces in a metal dish but burning pieces were still going all over his workbench and around more flammable stuff.
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Jul 30, 2019 22:45
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Shame Boy posted:That wasn't even a lithium battery, it was a nickel-metal-hydride battery: Oh wow, i forgot that he was putting it all on top of a paper towel before the dish came in.
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Jul 31, 2019 01:36
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I think that BigClive video with the battery is the only time I've gotten earnest concern from his voice. This includes the video where he was shocking himself with mains voltage as he stepped down with resistors to see if he could let go of the conductors.
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Aug 1, 2019 16:08
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kid sinister posted:So he's like ElectroBOOM without the giveaways? I cannot loving stand ElectroBoom so no. BigClive is just normally laid back and doesn't really do stupid dangerous poo poo for the most part.
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Aug 1, 2019 17:29
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Sagebrush posted:You shut your goddamn mouth Sorry, like what you like but I just don't like bombastic exaggerated "characters." I'd rather listen to a Scottish dude rant about smart meters and that UK electrician certification organization that I can't remember the acronym for while taking apart numerous dollar store LED lights. You know, stuff that matters.
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Aug 1, 2019 17:48
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Dupont connectors can kiss my rear end. edit: Arrow no longer does free shipping on orders less than $50.  I wanted to pick up a dozen DIP sockets and the shipping is $13. Back to ebay.
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Aug 14, 2019 15:38
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Shame Boy posted:I don't remember them ever doing free shipping on orders less than $50 but maybe they were doing a promo I missed? They were doing free 1 day shipping a few months ago. I had never ordered from them before so I thought it was standard for them. I even made a post in this thread wondering how they could do that for free but yeah you're right, it was just a limited time thing.
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Aug 14, 2019 17:56
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Shame Boy posted:I mean they've been doing free next day shipping for a while yeah (and it looks like they're still doing it?), I just always remember it being for orders over $50 They were doing free 1 day shipping with no minimum order total. I would say I should've stocked up but that would've been more than $50 worth of stuff which would've been free anyway. I wish I could find those snappable header pins to 3D-print my own sockets for a reasonable price (reasonable to me = cheapskate prices) and not from China as used in this: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2104621 Have any of you ever ordered from Tayda Electronics? Unperson_47 fucked around with this message at 18:36 on Aug 14, 2019 |
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Aug 14, 2019 18:30
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BattleMaster posted:I've used those 100 mil pitch rectangular connectors for ages and I only learned now with a Google search that they are called "Dupont connectors." I bought them pre-crimped from a hobby shop and never knew what to search for to make my own. Have fun crimping these drat things.
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Aug 16, 2019 02:11
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Maybe one of you guys could clue me in on a search term to find a connector I need to do a simple project. It involves several RGB LED strips radiating from a central point, much like a clock or compass rose. I need a right-angle male header to connect every other pair of strips to each other so they are all in one series. Here's my crude MSPaint of what I"m talking about :  I've tried searching for "stacked right-angle headers" or "linear right angle headers headers" or "flat right angle headers" but I'm not finding them. Surely they must exist. There is probably also a waaay better and smarter way of accomplishing this. edit: Forgot to mention that I can't use right angle connectors meant for LED strips because the ends of the strips are nowhere near each other. Unperson_47 fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Sep 17, 2019 |
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Sep 17, 2019 03:34
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poeticoddity posted:https://www.digikey.com/products/en...e=1&pageSize=25 Wow, that was fast. Thanks! For anyone else that might need these: these Digikey results lead me to a model number to look up which lead me to the ebay keywords I needed which in this case is "triple row right angle headers." I use eBay because I'm cheap as hell and buy headers in 40 pin strips and snip them to the size I need. Unperson_47 fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Sep 17, 2019 |
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Sep 17, 2019 03:41
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Anyone have any experiences with 3D printing circuit boards or is this still in its early stages where it's unobtainable by mere mortals?
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Dec 1, 2019 20:21
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Shame Boy posted:
I've tried this but with homemade "solder paste" made of powdered graphite mixed with various glues, epoxies, and even acrylic paint. If you add enough graphite, the resistance is actually really low and you can paint circuits on paper and such. I applied the glue with a syringe and it hardened in the grooves. It worked but was messy as hell. What a dumb goose chase project that was. I'm one of the most beginner level people in this thread when it comes to electronics so I didn't want to invest in an etching kit, even a cheap probably garbage one just to play around but I do have access to a 3D printer. Nothing I would make would be complex at all. Here's the STL for a simple board for a Raspberry Pi weather station I made with it:  Right is for the Pi. Bottom left is for a BME280. Top left was for an ADC that was connected to a wind speed and direction board I also made that used reed switches. It was even more of a mess. Unperson_47 fucked around with this message at 07:44 on Dec 2, 2019 |
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Dec 2, 2019 00:38
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Nevermind this.
Unperson_47 fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Dec 7, 2019 |
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Dec 7, 2019 23:27
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The title this thread should have is the one where someone said their time tunnel (?) wasn't working on their oscilloscope or something like that. edit: found it: Bad Munki posted:There's something wrong with your time tunnel The Something Awful Forums > DIY > There's something wrong with your time tunnel in the Learning Electronics MEGATHREAD I don't even know if a time tunnel is real. Unperson_47 fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Jan 3, 2020 |
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Jan 3, 2020 17:33
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You need an Ikari Warriors joystick.
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Jan 11, 2020 18:22
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God bless those people that scan and upload manuals. I have used them for lawn mowers, old tractors, washing machines, and electronics over the decades. Even if I have the manual myself I just look it up online.
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I'm trying to 3D Print some frames to place over LED strips. Any ideas for ways to stop the light from bleeding through the material? Even 100% infill doesn't really help. It's so small that adding metal reflectors seems really difficult. Is there some kind of paint-on metallic paint that reflects 100% of light? This is similar to the LCD-like segmented numeric digits y'all were talking about a few pages ago so I figured I'd ask. edit: I'm going to try just adding some black acrylic paint and see what happens. Unperson_47 fucked around with this message at 02:42 on Feb 9, 2020 |
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Feb 9, 2020 02:39
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Does anyone actually have fun soldering LED strips
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Feb 23, 2020 08:25
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Ambrose Burnside posted:pulvermacher battery chain update: This is amazing.
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Ambrose Burnside posted:ohhh that’s smart, i like this, and i have access to a cricut so i could roll my own from CAD files p painlessly. prolly not suited to anything other than low-power circuits and i bet typical soldering temps ruin the adhesive, but still, dang Wow, good idea! I'm the guy that was trying to 3D print PCBs earlier in the thread so I'm willing to try this out. Unperson_47 fucked around with this message at 23:37 on May 3, 2020 |
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May 3, 2020 23:32
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Ambrose Burnside posted:ohhh that’s smart, i like this, and i have access to a cricut so i could roll my own from CAD files p painlessly. prolly not suited to anything other than low-power circuits and i bet typical soldering temps ruin the adhesive, but still, dang Did you ever try this? Unperson_47 fucked around with this message at 22:20 on May 25, 2020 |
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May 25, 2020 22:18
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Thermopyle posted:When I was a kid I played this game on my Tandy CoCo that IIRC you moved from room to room à la Zelda dungeons and slapped together electronics components to build circuits. My memories of it are pretty fuzzy, but I remember enjoying it. Rocky's Boots? edit: beaten.
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That Works posted:Just wanted to throw this in here. You've gotta post a video of this in action.
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Jun 17, 2020 23:11
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What is the name of this connector?  Pin spacing is 2.5mm, and there's a clip on top for the socket. Here's a bonus pic of it looking like a face: 
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Jun 19, 2020 05:07
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it is nano-fit Molex (or at least a knockoff) because the housing at its widest is 6mm. I should've put that in my original post; sorry about that. Thanks a bunch for putting me on the right track. Unperson_47 fucked around with this message at 08:17 on Jun 19, 2020 |
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Jun 19, 2020 05:51
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I think I want to get into learning how to program microprocessors to make standalone PCBs for little electronic projects and stuff so I don't have to use a RaspberryPi or Arduino and everything's contained to the PCB/perboard.. I don't plan on doing anything extremely complicated (at least not at first); just little LED doodads for now. Obviously. I have no idea where to start really and wonder if y'all could suggest some resources.
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Apr 25, 2022 23:07
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cruft posted:I am now solidly in camp MicroPython. Holy poo poo, this might be a perfect first step as I have pretty good experience with Python and like using it. Never even occurred to me that there'd be flavor of it for microprocessors. Thank you! Unperson_47 fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Apr 25, 2022 |
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Apr 25, 2022 23:13
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cruft posted:LOL, it's funny, I was just about to edit my post because I had missed that you were already using Arduinos. The Qt Py is a grown up and shrunk down Arduino that can also run Python (and drive an I2S device... and has capacative touch sensors... and a 10-bit DAC... and and and). Yeah I made a typo myself (or really just used the wrong word) and meant to say I was looking to start programming microchips, not microcontrollers. I was mostly just looking for something of a way smaller form factor really. Everything I do is just to tinker and play around in my free time and I'm not looking to use the least power possible or anything. It seems like what I'm looking for and I will have a lot of fun with it. edit: Also I apologize for editing so much. I am bad about typing things before I have my thoughts all together. Unperson_47 fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Apr 25, 2022 |
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BattleMaster posted:Not correcting you to be a jerk but because it may help you find information you need - you mean microcontrollers, which are single-chip programmable computers that are used for control and interface applications. No need to worry about coming across as a jerk if I'm saying something that is wrong or I'm confused about something. Doesn't bother me at all if I learn something. (also you did not come across negatively) Unperson_47 fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Apr 26, 2022 |
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