/challenges-projects/design-challenges/ultimate-roadtest/b/blog/posts/bread-butter-07May 28th : Home Sweet HomeOK so I did not end up getting the super productive week that I had hoped, I was sent to the middle of the desert in WA for work instead. But I am back in the real world again now so let me try and remember where I was up toen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/ultimate-roadtest/b/blog/posts/bread-butter-07Tue, 29 May 2012 20:13:19 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c547b42a-6863-4aa9-85e2-db0f29fbccfaDAB0<p>I can sympathise.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just wait until you get as old as I am and have to use a magnifier just to see the bands on the resisters. <span>[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-c547b42a-6863-4aa9-85e2-db0f29fbccfa/contentimage_5F00_2516.png:16:16]</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Getting a reliable power on reset is essential to any embedded project.</p><p>How did you get the SMD&#39;s soldered on the board.&nbsp; I am not sure that my hands are steady enough to work on things that small.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sometimes a trip to the desert is a good opportunity to go out and see the night sky.&nbsp; Always an inspiring sight.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good post,</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=13567&AppID=113&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">