[K3PZN-List] Do Stuff with your PICAXE!

[Frank K3MTT]

Hello Rich,

Thanks. I am soldering up the board this very
minute. 

The last time I really worked on small components
this size was when I was designing and building
control boards for our first repeaters. It was all
done "in-house" at that time. Nothing bought.  

This little project has already taught me that
1. I need a new set of glasses for this fine work
(that would make about  5 or 6 pair for different
uses.) 
2. I need to retire my Isotip Cordless soldering
iron and buy a new one;
3. I need to buy a lighted magnifying glass; 
4. there were one or two more things but I forget
what they were!!!

I did get out and dust off a small board holder
that I used to use that lets you rotate the board
while moving it up or down thereby allowing one to
work from any angle on the top or bottom. I would
recommend this little gadget for anyone working on
more than one board. I think I originally bought
mine at Radio Shack years ago for a couple of $$.
Also for when you make a mistake,  a roll of
solder wick and a solder sucker. A hobby knife
just to be sure any close pads/traces are not
shorted and a small close  side cutting nipper or
heavier duty one with the cutter on the end. 

By the way, another idea for attaching to a proto
board would be to put the header on  the end of a
small piece of ribbon cable if it would better for
the final assemble of a project. I would imagine
that the length should be kept as short as
possible.

73, Frank K3MTT


-----Original Message-----
,,bra at att.net
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 10:25 AM
To: Carroll County Amateur Radio Club
Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] Do Stuff with your
PICAXE!

Good morning all,
I have updated the http://home.att.net/~geobra to
include the current software for the PICetSat
Lite.  I have also put out an initial page for the
SoftRock Lite, which should be completed in time
for the October meeting.
Thanks and 73,
Rich, N3III

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From: geobra at att.net
>
> Good evening all,
> 
> If you have a PICAXE development kit and were
wondering what to do 
> with it, or if you have one and  are already
having fun with it, I am 
> trying to build a website for you.  On that
website I talk about 
> converting the protoboard to a "Half-board" that
can be plugged into a 
> solderless breadboard.  And I think I have
enough solderless 
> breadboards for all who have the development
kit.  We need to come up 
> with header pins for them and then I'll hand
them out at the September meeting.
> The site also covers how to build the PICetSat,
but it's not finished.  
> I'm not a web master so as I figure out how to
make things look better 
> (like make the pictures smaller) I'll try to
keep improving it.  We 
> also want to explore other kinds of PICAXE
projects, morse code tutors, etc.
> The whole idea is to help you do stuff with your
PICAXE.  And of 
> course I have to have a section on there for
SDR, but that's to come.
> The site is: http://home.att.net/~geobra
> 
> 73, Rich, N3III
>
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> Next CCARC meeting Monday September 10, 7:30 PM
at the Emergency 
> Services Training Center in Westminster.
> 
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