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  • How about a course on how to design for test?

    This can make your prototype designs much easier to get working.

    • test points and ground lugs
    • LEDs and displays
    • communication connectors
    • JTAG
    • temperature sensors
    • current shunts
    • loop back jumpers
    • bypass jumpers
    • configuration jumpers and switches
    • test pushbuttons and switches
    • I/O breakout
    • etc.
  • in reply to dougw

    , I could do a few videos on proper soldering techniques. I have seen some cruddy soldering from folks here that supposedly know what they are doing. LOL Non of them can solder correctly ! The worst is put a dab of solder on a wire and then stick it on a board. image (no mechanical joint to hold it in place), cold solder joints, too much solder. ie all sorts of crap. how about soldering two wires together???

    twist it solder it and toss some heat shrink on it to hide the train wreck. I could go on Douglas but I need to eat..

    ~~

    Cris

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  • in reply to dougw

    , I could do a few videos on proper soldering techniques. I have seen some cruddy soldering from folks here that supposedly know what they are doing. LOL Non of them can solder correctly ! The worst is put a dab of solder on a wire and then stick it on a board. image (no mechanical joint to hold it in place), cold solder joints, too much solder. ie all sorts of crap. how about soldering two wires together???

    twist it solder it and toss some heat shrink on it to hide the train wreck. I could go on Douglas but I need to eat..

    ~~

    Cris

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  • in reply to phoenixcomm

    Some tips and hints on soldering would be a service to humanity. I was fortunate to have a summer job back in the dark ages where they took the time to show me some of the basics of good soldering practices, but I can still claim to have made some pretty iffy joints. I often ask potential recruits if they have been exposed to soldering standards like IPC - and I get the standard response ....... a blank stare. So a few pointers is going to be useful for an awful lot of people who own or use soldering irons.

    But I'd rather eat too.