Dave Jones from the Electronics Engineering Video Blog shows us what tools he recommends for a starter electronics lab. He makes a few surprisingly inexpensive recommendations for multimeters, oscilloscopes, function generators, bench power supplies, soldering stations, and many other tools and supplies. I, for one, am taking very careful notes on this excellent video since […]
Tote your Thinkpad and port your Apple in style with our custom TRON-inspired laptop bag tutorial. With a little soldering and sewing skills you can have your own light up satchel, sure to impress geeky friends. So grab your sewing needle and soldering iron and follow along
This project was a collaboration between ladyada & becky stern, rock!
http://www.ladyada.net/make/tronbag/
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/12/el_wire_tron_bag.html
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/08/circuit_skills_surface_mount_device.html
Join Collin Cunningham as he explores the oh-so-tiny world of surface mount electronics. Follow along as he constructs what may be the world’s smallest phototheremin all in super-macro detail – plus learn why adhesive poster putty is so darn useful.
Don’t miss the second episode of Make: Live, which airs this Wednesday night! Our theme is soldering and we’ll have Limor “Ladyada” Fried from Adafruit Industries in studio and Marc deVinck, Maker Shed’s Director of Product Development calling in via Skype. Not only that, but we’ll also have another awesome giveaway. So be sure to […]
While visiting Pumping Station: One in Chicago, I noticed that member Tomer had a curious device: a soldering iron that plugged into his laptop.
I’ve tried my hand at quite a few different methods for circuit building — breadboard, perfboard, custom etching, even some boardless freeform wiring, but somehow, I never got around to using surface-mount parts (until now, that is). Understandably, many balk at the idea of soldering the infamously tiny SMD packages, but once equipped with the […]
Combine a disposable syringe and a cheap hot glue gun into a pistol-applicator for solder flux paste.
