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- We’re trying out Zencastr
- Bidding jobs vs hours
- More Free Energy
- The Hackaday Prize is back in 2018
- Google NSynth
- New Raspberry Pi
- Broadcom/Qualcomm deal falls through
- Intel might buy them instead
- Lead times are still off the charts
- A+++++++++ Will Buy Again
- “The Silicon Garden” – A way to share parts locally (via an ICO?)
- Dave has been thinking about soldering after his review of irons.
- Louis Rossman had made a response video about it
- DJones, Manure Hauler
- Measuring 2 nv/sqrt(hz) noise via LinearTech
- Stephen Hawking has passed away
- Martin Lorton is back from NC
- Microchip will be buying MicroSemi
how ambitious is Dave? want to retire rich and enjoy your golden years in peace and prosperity?
do something to change the world for other electronics engineers? when you rich you can do things.
how about a craigslist for electronics or a eevBay e-commerce for electronics?
now you can sell your surplus electronics to others in the trade. is Chris this ambitious?
why buy a Fluke when you can buy a eevblog multimeter, so why stop there?
why buy a Hakko or a Weller soldering station. how about a eevblog 2020 soldering station!
redesigned to fix known problems, designed by electronics engineers for electronics engineers.
some go’s for any electronics test equipment. redesign a chinese no-name brand with your own.
I was told Dick Smith did similar with japanese electronics back in the 1980s redesigned it rebranded it. then sold it
for a profit . with clever marketing like his “the electronic dick” delivery truck van. google it, its true.
video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbCr15KkBxY
I’ve owned the old magnetic switch type Weller soldering stations, and a former employer had the digital temperature controlled $100 range ones. Yes, they did the job, and if you hadn’t used anything else, you didn’t know any better and thought they were ok.
I have been using a Weller WMP, a little 65w “old technology” but much refined design iron for ~10 yrs. It makes the $100 Wellers feel like Chris’ clumsy dull sword from the hardware store. Light, agile, short tip to grip, and though it is lower power, it will deliver more heat faster.
Recently I got a JBC T210 iron powered by an open source “Unisolder” controller from Dangerous Prototypes. It’s tiny. ~25mm tip to grip. Super lightweight. 40w. Power-on to full temperature in 3 seconds. It makes the WMP feel like the dull heavy sword. A fine tip cartridge and soldering 0.5mm pitch SMD is so fast and easy. Switch to a bigger cartridge and it’ll solder big things to heavy ground planes the WMP won’t.
I imagine the Metcals everyone raves about perform much the same as the JBC.
Also, bent and curved tips are great!