exxos blog - random goings on

[exxos]

Just as long as it doesn't make that awful burnt FR4 smell :fire: :fire: :fire: :hide:

Yeah, gonna have to do some test boards to see what profile works best first :roll:

Still trying to decide if I need an oven as well as everything else I've already got

Yeah get one, makes SMT a bit easier when you can use a stencil ;)

[exxos]

God dang it! :cussing:

Would have been to easy if it was the same size plug as the adapter I had.

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Oddly only the earth has a screw, the live and neutral just seem to be pushed into the pins :shock: :shock:

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So screw it, do it this way instead :lol:

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I don't really like the cover they have on the screen, it is like a mottled finish which actually makes the screen blurry and difficult to see correctly :roll:

It also cannot follow the profile very well simply due to the huge area it has to heat up.

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Waiting for it to start showing signs of life...

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Getting there...

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Now we cooking!

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[exxos]

Did a test of 4 simms to check heating over various parts of the base. Sometimes the solid parts of the tray dissipate heat more so take more to heat up. Though it all seems ok at first glance.

Will let them cool, then try them in my STE :)

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[exxos]

Sooo. Made myself a new simm-jig as the previous one was a bit to loose to align the chips good enough. New one seems a lot better.

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De-soldering doofa got a bit blocked up I think...

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Seems the hot end was still a bit.. hot.. :lol: :roll:

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Used my bench for the first time in like 15 years! :shock: :shock:

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My OCD is playing up with this layout...

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And the result is a pile of Atari carcasses on the floor..

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[PhilC]

Not worth salvaging the sockets then?

[exxos]

Not worth salvaging the sockets then?

The rear port ones ? I tried to get a DB19 off, thought sod it, too much effort when I got 800 new ones.

[PhilC]

I guess so when you put it like that.

Those 800 sockets, they were the ones you forgot you had weren't they?

[exxos]

Those 800 sockets, they were the ones you forgot you had weren't they?

Don't think so, only got them a few weeks ago...

[JezC]

Don't think so, only got them a few weeks ago...

Ah, they must be hiding away until you order another batch then... :lol:

[exxos]

Ah, they must be hiding away until you order another batch then... :lol:

The DB19's I got was the entire stock I could find, when they are gone, they gonna be a problem like the cartridge connectors :(