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Emily<p>Working on my Micro 8088 and got the floppy controller done! But I forgot the 3.5" floppy uses a different power connector size (feels like a 1993 rookie mistake.) So waiting on an adapter. In the mean team, switched to my VGA board for some fun.</p><p><a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/Micro8088" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Micro8088</span></a> #8088 <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a> <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldering</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Piggyback Board Brings Touch Sensing to USB Soldering Iron - The current generation of USB-powered soldering irons have a lot going for them, c... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/03/05/piggyback-board-brings-touch-sensing-to-usb-soldering-iron/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/03/05/piggyb</span><span class="invisible">ack-board-brings-touch-sensing-to-usb-soldering-iron/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/toolhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toolhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/capactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capactive</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/piggyback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>piggyback</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldering</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ttp223" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttp223</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/touch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>touch</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/usb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usb</span></a></p>
Alfred Chow - Maker of Things<p>I bought myself a used soldering iron.<br>I hope it works.</p><p>If it does work, it would be good for brass model work, maybe.</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soldering</span></a></p>
John-Mark Gurney<p>Btw, someone posted here about using silicon finger tip covers for soldering and I just used mine and would definitely recommend.</p><p>So nice to be able to nudge stuff into place with your fingers without getting them burned.</p><p><a href="https://flyovercountry.social/tags/Soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soldering</span></a> <a href="https://flyovercountry.social/tags/Electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electronics</span></a></p>
in_sympathy<p>Someone sent me an Orange Pi 5 Pro the other day for repair and sadly I was not able to fix it, thought the issue was quite obvious. <br>RK806-1 PMIC not only blew up - it catched fire and welded itself to the board so badly that I was unable to remove it. It also took an SY8089AAC with it.</p><p>How did that happen? He used a DC-DC step-down converter. No idea why and how, but I''d avoid using those converters at all costs. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sbc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/orangepi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orangepi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electronicsrepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronicsrepair</span></a></p>
Gabriel Viso Carrera<p>Went to the maker space this morning, been thawing my <a href="https://fedi.gvisoc.com/tags/soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldering</span></a> moves after 25 years without doing it! Cracked open a soldering practice kit.</p>
Jessie Nabein :neofox_peek_owo:<p>Serious question: has anyone on fedi done a USB-C mod on a fullsize Vibratix? Aka Hitachi Magic Wand?</p><p><a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/solder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solder</span></a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldering</span></a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/usbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usbc</span></a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/modding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modding</span></a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/mod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mod</span></a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/hitachi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hitachi</span></a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/vibratix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vibratix</span></a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/hitachiMagicWand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hitachiMagicWand</span></a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/MagicWand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicWand</span></a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/sextoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sextoy</span></a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/sextoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sextoys</span></a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/sex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sex</span></a></p>
hiring a couple<p>We haven't had much interest, perhaps because of too few hashtags.</p><p>Any EE looking to move to Vancouver, BC, for some short term work that could become long term?</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/relocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relocation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/relocate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relocate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/expatriots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>expatriots</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/apply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apply</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gig</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ROS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ElectricalEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricalEngineering</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EE</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldering</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/sensors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sensors</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/production" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>production</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CV</span></a></p>
Daniel AJ Sokolov<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@coupleOfHires" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>coupleOfHires</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@hacks4pancakes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hacks4pancakes</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://milliways.social/@transworldexpress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>transworldexpress</span></a></span> You are not using any hashtags. I understand that the common advice on Mastodon is to use lots of hashtags. Then, to add more hashtags. Like <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/relocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relocation</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/relocate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relocate</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/expatriots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>expatriots</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/apply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apply</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/gig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gig</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/ROS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROS</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/ElectricalEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricalEngineering</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EE</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldering</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/sensors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sensors</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startup</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/production" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>production</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/CV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CV</span></a> you get the drift. :-) <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/HTH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HTH</span></a></p>
MCQN Ltd<p>In lieu of writing our own <a href="https://social.mcqn.com/tags/weeknotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weeknotes</span></a> we're going to share this write-up from STEAM Engineers (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://does.social/@huffeec" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>huffeec</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@Snoof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Snoof</span></a></span>) on the surface-mount soldering workshop that we ran together at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://does.social/@DoESLiverpool" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DoESLiverpool</span></a></span> t'other week.</p><p><a href="https://steamengineers.co.uk/blog/reflow-soldering-workshop/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">steamengineers.co.uk/blog/refl</span><span class="invisible">ow-soldering-workshop/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.mcqn.com/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://social.mcqn.com/tags/soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldering</span></a></p>
Dendrobatus Azureus<p>This is the other end of the XLR cable pulled, out of the instrument mixer, where it's normally plugged into Channel two.<br>Of course since a bass guitar is a mono single channel instrument, I only use one channel if I had used a dual Channel effect somewhere in the effect chain, usually at the end, I would have two of these patch cables getting out of that effect, and getting into both ports of Channel two of the instrument mixer </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soldering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/XLR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XLR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/patch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/patchcable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patchcable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/rosinCore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rosinCore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Electr%C3%B3nica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electrónica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/effects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>effects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/analog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>analog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/mixer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mixer</span></a></p>
Dendrobatus Azureus<p>The one end of the XLR cable, is plugged into one of my Bass effects, an overdrive </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soldering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/XLR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XLR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/patch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/patchcable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patchcable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/rosinCore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rosinCore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Electr%C3%B3nica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electrónica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/effects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>effects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/analog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>analog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/mixer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mixer</span></a></p>
Dendrobatus Azureus<p>Here's the photograph with connector one at the end of the reduced XLR cable </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soldering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/XLR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XLR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/patch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/patchcable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patchcable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/rosinCore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rosinCore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Electr%C3%B3nica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electrónica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/effects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>effects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/analog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>analog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/mixer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mixer</span></a></p>
Dendrobatus Azureus<p>Today I decided to create another patch cable, within my long line of patch cables, important for sending signals from effects, whether they be discrete analog effects, or effects which process the signal digitally, then spit them back out in an analog wave.</p><p>It was important to make this cable because I was using an expensive higher grade cable which I need somewhere else. The cable that I used is a standard XLR cable which has ground signal 1 and signal 2. You can go read on Wikipedia why XLR needs that in detail, but it has to do with the length of an XLR cable which can go to 30 m if you need it.</p><p>The signal that I need to carry only needs an unstable connection which means a signal and a ground. My XLR cable is een overkill but I don't have any other cable.</p><p>Enthusiastically I warmed up my trusted Weller soldering iron, waited till it heated up, took my fantastic cable stripper stripped the cable on both ends, prepared the connectors beforehand and started soldering.</p><p>Everything went smoothly I've been soldering since I'm a 7 year old kid. Of course quality control is important so my multimeter was tuned on diode. </p><p>For the uninformed, a diode is a electrical component which only lets current on one side, and then blocks it from the other side. This setting is also used to check the connections &amp; continuity in cables and on ports. </p><p>When I was done something strange occurred. I measured the cable and the mass, the common was open. Checking both sides of the soldering work showed it was perfect. Not believing that there could be disruption in the cable, I stripped one side then measured the cable and came to the same conclusion broken Mass. I caught and stripped another small section of the cable at the other side and still an open Mass. </p><p>So I've had a piece of XLR cable, that didn't ground and I had used that as a stable cable, which had given me all kinds of interesting artifacts, that I alleviated by just stripping out that one piece of cable, years ago.</p><p>Now a regular person would take that cable and chunk it on the side. I on the other hand I'm not a regular person, I started stripping / dismantling radios when I was two and when I was five I had such a skill that it looked like a trained electronic professional had stripped the radio. Are we talking about radios in the Tube era, where hundreds &amp; hundreds of Volts and many Ampères were going through those circuits.</p><p>XLR cable has three conductors; signal one, signal two and ground. I used the white conductor as the new Mass, the new ground and used the red conductor as a signal two, thus making a balanced XLR cable unbalanced because the ground conductor was broken.</p><p>It was a wonderful trip, taking this piece of XLR cable and reusing it again even though only two conductors were usable effectively.</p><p>I may provide photographs later.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soldering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/XLR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XLR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/patch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/patchcable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patchcable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/rosinCore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rosinCore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Electr%C3%B3nica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electrónica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/effects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>effects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/analog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>analog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/mixer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mixer</span></a></p>
Raymond Russell<p>Just finished soldering a self build FM radio kit.<br>And it works!!!<br>So I now have a radio that doesn't rely on t'interweb to work.<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FMRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FMRadio</span></a></p>
👣🖖Jan :v_enby: :v_dgirl:<p>One of the electronic thingys i made :o) </p><p>The Nocturnal Blinker: A Temporal Oddity in a Sputnik Disguise</p><p>Ah-ha! What do we have here? A tiny beacon of light, a self-sufficient timepiece of sorts, a little machine that thrives in the dark. It’s the kind of gadget that would make even the Daleks stop for a second and say, "Wait, what’s that blinking?"</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/nocturnalBlinker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nocturnalBlinker</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sculpture</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/electronicSculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronicSculpture</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldering</span></a></p>
IT News<p>A Low Voltage Solder Gun From Scratch - We’re used to those high voltage projects which use a self-oscillating transformer... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/27/a-low-voltage-solder-gun-from-scratch/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/01/27/a-low-</span><span class="invisible">voltage-solder-gun-from-scratch/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/toolhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toolhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/soldergun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldergun</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldering</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/step" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>step</span></a>-down</p>
Jan Beta<p>New video! Trying out my new digital microscope and soldering up an RGBtoHDMI board for the Amiga. Doing some small scale SMD work for the first time in my life.</p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/jO1l9mi6xAg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/jO1l9mi6xAg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>PeerTube: <a href="https://makertube.net/w/1NmkmJ8u6xJMiUv4a58u3p" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/w/1NmkmJ8u6xJMiU</span><span class="invisible">v4a58u3p</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Microscope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microscope</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DigitalMicroscope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMicroscope</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Review" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Review</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/RGBtoHDMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RGBtoHDMI</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Tomlov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tomlov</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/TM4KAFFlex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TM4KAFFlex</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/PCB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCB</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMD</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soldering</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SurfaceMount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurfaceMount</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a></p>
Lisa<p>I may have acquired a thing.</p><p><a href="https://twoot.site/tags/soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldering</span></a> <a href="https://twoot.site/tags/maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maker</span></a> <a href="https://twoot.site/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tools</span></a></p>
Bruce MacDonald<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@iFixit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iFixit</span></a></span> This post is very interesting and well done. </p><p>I recently refurbished an old Weller and found it quite tricky to work on, for there being so little space inside the handle for fiddling about with the wires and the tiny wire nuts. </p><p>It uses some sort of on/off heat-affected magnetic coupling whose physics I can't recall the name of just now. (Magnetic properties change with heat.)</p><p>The new, smart one's rather more sophisticated. </p><p>It's fun to compare the old with the new.</p><p>It's noteworthy and laudable that Weller published such complete tech sheets back in the day. And that people have uploaded them to the Internet Archive.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repair</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldering</span></a></p>
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