[K3PZN-List] Do Stuff with your PICAXE!

[geobra at att.net]

Frank,
Since cateract surgury, if I didn't have my lighted magnifying glass from Office Depot - the one with the flourescent light around the lens - I wouldn't be able to do any solder work at all.  But with that I can even do SMT - as in the SoftRock Lites.  I don't have a small board holder, but sounds like it would be real helpful.  I'll bet Radio Shack no longer carries them.  If they do I'll pick one up.  For almost all my soldering work - KX1, SoftRocks, FireFly.  I use the Radio Shack grounded tip 15 watt soldering iron with their small diameter .015 silver bearing solder.  With that you can individually solder the legs of the Softrock SMT components.
I hope to add more club member work to the web page soon.
Rich, N3III

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Frank K3MTT" <K3MTT at verizon.net>
>
> 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
> 
> -------------- Original message
> ----------------------
> 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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