I discovered the MagPi magazine. A Raspberry Pi magazine free in PDF format.
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Category Archives: Electronics
BEAM Robotics
See The BEAM Reference Library for an interesting take on robotics.
Dead caps
Over on the Nichicon Wikipedia article they say: “From 2001 to 2004, Nichicon produced defective capacitors (“HM” and “HN” series) that were used by major computer manufacturers”.
This is what those HM series caps looked like in an Xbox I opened yesterday:
OGXbox trace corrosion repair
I made some notes on the process of OGXbox trace corrosion repair. I was working on a particular v1.4 board and needed to fix Trace A, but the board was still dead after the replacement. *sigh*
In use: PCB Circuit Board Holder
Here’s a picture of my new PCB Circuit Board Holder in use holding a v1.0 Xbox motherboard:
Pretty nifty!
PCB Circuit Board Holder
Today my new PCB Circuit Board Holder arrived. Where has this been all my life!?
Adapters
Yes, I have that adapter. No, I can’t find it.
Lifetime supply of pin headers…
I accidentally ordered 25x 1.27mm Pin Headers, and then realised they come in a 10 pack. So I have 250 2×6 pin headers on the way. Whoops. :P
Goo Gone
I ordered this citric based cleaner from the States: Goo Gone
And I’ve added it to my collection:
Heatshrink padding
Today I put some 6mm heatshrink padding over the jaws of my bench alligator clips and one pair of my needle nose pliers.
