Bill's 2009 Adventure

[rrowan]

OH OH I know!! They are missing the RS485 chips!!!

 

Chris

Chris is the winner.

Your prize, uh well there is no prize Sorry

But congrats on spotting the missing chip.

Rick R.

[cBell]

Now I get it, the chips look like a spider, I was thinking the name of the part, i.e. jumping spider... quite a stretch I know!

[Ron]

Yep, the RS485 chip has 8 legs.  That was the hint.  I figured it had gone on long enough Rick, hope I didn't spoil your fun.

Ron

[rrowan]

Yep, the RS485 chip has 8 legs.  That was the hint.  I figured it had gone on long enough Rick, hope I didn't spoil your fun.

Ron

No problem but your junior editor salary just got cut in half

Rick R.

btw: are you still a beta tester wannabe??

[cmorda]

Chris is the winner.

Your prize, uh well there is no prize Sorry

But congrats on spotting the missing chip.

Rick R.

Cool thanks. The question now is do they have to be removed in order for the wireless to communicate?

Chris

[Greg]

Boy talk about a highjacked thread...  Okay Bill your turn now 

Greg

[RJ]

Man this thread lately reminds me of the time I was watching a Fight and a Hockey game broke out!

RJ

[cmorda]

Boy talk about a highjacked thread...  Okay Bill your turn now 

Greg

Yes sorry about that.

Bill, thanks for the wireless demo videos. Very interesting and helpful.

Chris

[RJ]

Boy talk about a highjacked thread...  Okay Bill your turn now 

Greg

Yes sorry about that.

Bill, thanks for the wireless demo videos. Very interesting and helpful.

Chris

Nah, it was meant as a joke. I just forgot to put the smiley on it to indicate that. Bills the one we are all going to get in trouble with over it. It's his thread not mine! LOL

RJ

[wbuehler]

23 May 2009

I decided to see if I could get one of the OptiLED devices I was sent earlier this year up and running.
This is a RGB LED DMX device.  The main problem is that it looks like the company no longer exists and the device uses special connectors for the power and DMX input.
Since the company no longer exists getting the actual connectors for power and DMX would be difficult.
Well with a #10 security torx driver, a soldering iron, and some replacement cable it is up and running.

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[wbuehler]

25 May 2009

I decided to try some SMD soldering today.  After talking with others and reading a lot on line I decided on ZEPH Paste.
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I read the article on the re-flow skillet and decided to try a reflow griddle.  I have to say that the paste and the griddle worked quite well.  Yes it could have been placed a bit better but I do not think that it is bad for a first attempt.

To measure the temperature of the griddle I used a infra-red gun type device.  I got mine at Sears and as you will see by the pictures the better deal was to get the kit that came with the temperature device, Meter, and 200 Amp external sensor.

I found the zephpaste and flux to work quite well and the ower of the company to be great.  He took time out of his day to answer several of my questions directly.

The device that I tried this with is designed to be soldered with a normal iron.  The pads are big enough to use a normal iron just fine.  But I figured I would give it a try and it gave me the excuse to jump into this method.

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Thanks to all that I bothered with questions before I started.

Bill

[ThaiWay]

You and your toys Bill!

How much is that Sears kit?

Gotta love it

John

[wbuehler]

You and your toys Bill!

How much is that Sears kit?

Gotta love it

John

With taxes it was about $107.00

Bill

[Brad]

Didn't know RJ was designing RF Amp IC's too...He must not sleep
(Look at the name on the RF Amp)

Brad

[wbuehler]

WOOOOHOOOOOO

There be LED's here.

Bill