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RoHS compliant soldering
When I decided to revamp my old hobby called electronics, I decided to be RoHS compliant and bought lead-free solder. make: Edsyn type: SAC8250 alloy: Sn95.5Ag3.8Cu0.7 flux: F-SW34 (no-clean) melting...
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V3.04 PCBs from MakePCB have arrived
I’ve waited for 5 weeks for the 2nd batch of the 64-pixel RGB matrix controller boards. This time I ordered from MakePCB as I wanted to test another PCB manufacturer. Also I couldn’t get gold plated...
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“Still at war with customs”— yet another letter from the HZA
To be honest, I’m not looking forward to opening this letter… …but there is no way around it. Well… “THE SAGA CONTINUES!” In my last letter to the local “HZA” (main customs office), I pointed out that...
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HZA — Won the battle, but not the war
I ordered a couple of WS2812B on Aliexpress more than THREE months ago. Boy what trouble that has conjured up! The seller on Aliexpress now probably thinks I’m a crook, because I missed an email that...
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Importing LEDs from China — Battle with customs follow-up
Behold, the stickers of DOOM… If you should find any of these on a shipment to you, prepare for battle! Prepare for battle, prepare to wait for weeks, make sure to collect ALL information that might...
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