by Sjaak | Jan 7, 2016 | Blog, forsale, product |
Today is a super exciting day as my friend Ian Lesnet from Dangerousprototypes.com finally got around in rewriting his website (well some parts I guess 🙂 ) He already published parts of the new site (new DirtyPCBS and DirtySLA) , but today he added Hackershops. This...
by Sjaak | Dec 22, 2015 | Blog, PCB, product, Prototyping, vintage |
Today came in the Atmega644P’s in TQFP package I scored on eBay. Today I’m focussing on the SD2IEC part of the RAM cartridge. I was a bit scary to order them there as ebay is wellknown for knockoffs, nonworking or rebadged stuff. Even the big players...
by Sjaak | Dec 7, 2015 | Blog, manufacturing, PCB, product |
Every now and then I send  off 3 to 4 gerbers to my friends at dirtypcbs.com. I really like them as they are really cheap (am I Dutch or what?) and they provide reasonable PCB’s. I don’t like to wait about 3 to 4 weeks for them to arrive so I use their DHL...
by Sjaak | Dec 2, 2015 | Blog, Fixups, manufacturing, product |
Today came in a package with two assembled soldering iron controllers. As you might know I’m still in the process getting it manufactured in China. The road from idea to prototype to working prototype to assembled product to working and sellable product is more...
by Sjaak | Nov 5, 2015 | Blog, manufacturing, product, testing |
You start with a great idea and you finally managed to get one or two prototypes made, you are feeling great. Next you show it to your friends and get them excited too. You decided to built them your product too and since you received a couple of PCBs extra that...
by Sjaak | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog, product |
Somewhere in 2014 my interest was sparked by cheap Hakko T12 soldering tips available on e-bay. Those soldering tips are a whopping 70W which is far more then the 25W iron I got. Also the variety of tip shapes is amazing. For every soldering job from a delicate chip...