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Testing SMD devices on a breadboard requires some sort of carrier. You can use the dead-bug method, affixing the smd to something, and using bits of wire to solder its tiny pins to larger ones that fit into a breadboard. Another method is using SMD converters, which is fine, but really limits [...]
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I’ve been working with a new design these past few days … I’m trying to build a portable power supply / charger for mobile usb devices. Inspired by Lady Ada’s Minty Boost, I set out to build something a bit more powerful. Perhaps I can call it the Minty XL? Alas, that [...]
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The huge size of my previous pcb layout kept bugging me … it was about 1.3×1.2″ and would have consumed more than half of the mint tin space! So, I spent few hours coming up with something a little more compact.
This second layout is more compact, but still a bit on the large size; [...]
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