No boards for me yet either.. Hopefully on monday!

No boards for me yet either.. Hopefully on monday!

Quote: Originally Posted by Todd R A solder pot works for me on small gage wires. $25.00 Where'd you get a $25 solder pot??

Make sure you order from digikey.ca. You'll be working with Canadian dollars. You go to the post office, and tell them you need a money order for $whatever amount. They'll take your money, and give you the MO. I think the service charge is around $2.50cdn.

A copy of the hakko unit. http://www.web-tronics.com/esdsasmabc.html

You can solder through the MG chemicals stuff.

or, you can soak it in isopropyl alcohol, and use compressed air to blow it out from unterneath the chip.

when removing the bridged, are you wiping the pins, away from the chip? I find this worked best.. the bridge follows the iron until the end of the pin, then transfers to the iron.

Alf, when do you anticipate the prototype boards to ship?

How about using a wall wart or line lump stype transformer? Or, alternatively, making your own line lump in a small project box? It can just sit on the floor. It'll get the transformer right outside of your box..

how about something like this? http://cgi.ebay.com/MONSTER-SPEAKER-...QQcmdZViewItem

Quote: Originally Posted by MisterX Me to but I also have a Metcal and it shreds the Hakko. I use a metcal at work.. I agree, but I would'nt buy one for home!

Sounds to me like they're trying to sell you the weller, because that's what the have... and it sounds like they have lots of them. I have both, and I prefer the hakko.

Quote: Originally Posted by tangent Soon to come: an addition to my audio calculator page that will calculate DC offset due to input offset current imbalance in simple CMoy-like configurations, with and without input caps, with and without pots. That will be a very helpful...

From left to wight for circled bits. Your first two are the input jacks. They are switched jacks. 20v is the positive voltage input. Ground is conencted to the line across the bottom. the other circle, marked 500mh, is an inductor. With the capacitor, it makes a basic LC filter...

I also prefer soldering pin by pin. Use small solder (.020 diameter is good... .015 even easier ) And liquid flux. Put the flux on the pads before placing the chip, it makes it much easier. If you're getting solder bridges, add a little more flux, and slow down the solder feed. After you're...

if it's just a single sided board, keep trying the solder wick Adidional flux helps here. Also, someitmes you have to add solder to remove solder.

The I'd take a 926 over the weller anyday. If you're looking for a decent soldering station at a pretty good price, check out the circuilt specialists CSI station 1, or CSI station 2 (digital display) Tips are cheap too, and you can also use standard Hakko tips...

Alf, you've got a PM from me too.

How would you like it done? Exactly to tangent's BOM? Or some cost cutting measures? Tangent's BOM approaches $80 in parts alone..

Quote: Originally Posted by diablo9 pics coming... right channel no DC offset, left channel has 12mV DC offset. Is that normal? The way I measure is to connect power, no source connected, measure the OG to OL and OG to OR using DC, mV option on DMM, is that correct way to measure...