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Next generation
Posted: 05 Jun 2021 16:35
by olivier.jan
Pretty proud to say that his afternoon my 9 years old daughter fully recapped an STF PSU using Exxos kit.
She did everything by herself, opening the ST, disassemble the PSU, removed old components with the iron and solder wick and soldered the new ones wih proper flux and solder.
The only thing I did was the testing with a dummy load as I don’t want her hands anywhere near bare 240v connections.
The PSU is working well with a steady 5.10v.
So, 25-30 years from now when this PSU will need another recap and I won’t be able to do it, someone will take care of it for me :D
Re: Next generation
Posted: 05 Jun 2021 16:37
by exxos
:bravo:
Re: Next generation
Posted: 05 Jun 2021 16:47
by Steve
Wow that's amazing, I can't get any of my nephews interested in electronics, they just want their xbox!
Re: Next generation
Posted: 05 Jun 2021 16:56
by JezC
@olivier.jan That's fantastic...let's hope you can train her up to assemble lots more retro kit over the coming months...
My daughter showed me the kits she'd built up for some of her GCSE work...standard fare but at least she has soldered & tested them...and even helped her teacher diagnose the faulty IC in one of the kits!
Re: Next generation
Posted: 05 Jun 2021 16:57
by stephen_usher
:bravo:
Re: Next generation
Posted: 05 Jun 2021 17:01
by rubber_jonnie
That's great to hear :)
Re: Next generation
Posted: 05 Jun 2021 17:14
by qq1975b
Impressive!
Re: Next generation
Posted: 05 Jun 2021 17:52
by PhilC
I'm currently teaching the wife. I bet it was easier teaching your daughter :lol:
Re: Next generation
Posted: 05 Jun 2021 23:36
by SophieRose
That's brilliant 8-)
Re: Next generation
Posted: 07 Jun 2021 07:39
by MegaSTEarian
olivier.jan wrote: 05 Jun 2021 16:35
Pretty proud to say that his afternoon my 9 years old daughter fully recapped an STF PSU using Exxos kit.
She did everything by herself, opening the ST, disassemble the PSU, removed old components with the iron and solder wick and soldered the new ones wih proper flux and solder.
The only thing I did was the testing with a dummy load as I don’t want her hands anywhere near bare 240v connections.
The PSU is working well with a steady 5.10v.
So, 25-30 years from now when this PSU will need another recap and I won’t be able to do it, someone will take care of it for me :D
Nice work mystifying youngsters in the Atari ST family and the magic world of electronics :)