Journal JesseL's Journal: Going blind. 2
I just soldered together a wicked kluge from a pile of 0603 (1.6 mm Ã-- 0.8 mm) and SOT-23 (2.9 mm Ã-- 1.3) surface mount components.
I hope the damned thing works.
"Money is the root of all money." -- the moving finger
I got to the point this year.... (Score:1)
...that doing anything on a motherboard, setting jumpers or whatnot, I have to use the stevie wonder method, touch based only."Is that the right set of pins..let me check..bump..one..bump..two" etc. I really can't see the darn tiny stuff like I used to. Have to rely on memory and then muscle memory. If it is out of the case and I can throw a really bright light on it and then use a magnifier that isn't so bad, but inside the case..not so easy, need to be three handed and three eyed...
Now distance though, wi
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I tend to be near sighted, but my corrected vision is pretty good - 20/15 as I recall. Doing fine work like this though gets taxing in a hurry. It doesn't help when I'm trying to get all the tiny parts to hold still and forget to breath. I may have to try the old take a breath, let half out, squeeze (or solder in this case); in order to get it right without passing out at the workbench.
I'm prototyping a microphone amplifier/comparator circuit for an electronic target system [shootingwiki.org]. One of the more fun projects to