Building a VersaTerm – A Retro Computing Serial Terminal
In the early computing days of the late 1970’s, back when we were building our own 8-bit microprocessor systems, it may be hard to imagine now, but we didn’t actually …
Pixel Pump – Manual Pick & Place Tool – My Review
I’ve just received my Pixel Pump from Robins Tools. The Pixel Pump is an open source vacuum tool for manual SMT assembly. Pixel Pump originally featured on CrowdSupply, for delivery …
My Fume Extractor Upgrade – Hakko to Kotto
After years of breathing in the flux fumes that were not being extracted by my Hakko 493 desktop Extractor Fan, and also having space issues when trying to extract fumes …
Multimeter Test Leads Upgrade / Fluke TL224 Fail!
I thought I’d share my recent multimeter lead experience. It was apparent that I had an issue with my Fluke multimeter leads as I was getting some vague readings. This …