/silicon/ - technology

I'm going to try to fix my headphones, which are dead on one side, as soon as I get a chance to get a soldering iron. I don't have that much confidence in getting it right but luckily I still have multiple old pairs of headphones which don't work on one side to try

>>2374
Check out using aspirin on the wires. The wires are sometimes coated in resin which won’t allow the wires to conduct electricity. Ganbare!!!

>>2374
I’m genuinely too stupid to do stuff like this, I would probably burn myself if I attempted it

I designed and ordered my first PCB. It's for an EEPROM programmer, well, more of a USB Mass Storage "stick", but it lets me use UNIX tools like dd to do programming.
I wrote a blog about if if you're curious: https://cabin.digital/log/m68k/eeprom.html

>>2378
your solder job was clean. how did you make it so?

>>2384
Not sure what you mean, but my soldering is mediocre. High temp (~350°C) low time, make sure to heat both pad and pin. I use rosin core leaded solder and pretty thin gauge of it since I only work on stuff like this, and not power stuff. This let me have a good control of how much I add. (And I need to add a lot of solder quickly I can always braid it.) There are plenty of good tutorials on youtube. I remember seeing an old 60s or whatever soldering vid from US, that was fun and full of good tidbits.

hey sushis, is there any book/digital course that can teach me the basic of electronics from basic physics to knowing how to solder stuff?

I need this skill to make different projects with trackballs and keyboards.

thx:3

>>2378
Your blogpost is really pleasant to read! nice project =w=

>>2378
I’ve found your site before, adjacent from Sushichan! I don't remember exactly where, though, you might have featured briefly on the Neocities home page or possibly been linked with a Hotline webring participant.

>>2412
IDK anything for electronics themselves, but for soldering I think I watched this apart from some other videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL926EC0F1F93C1837
As for electronics, you might want to check The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill. I heard good things but haven't read myself since I am lazy.

>>2413
Thanks!
>>2414
Oh cool, I never used neocities so I am not sure how I got there. But I am glad it's not just 2 of my friends who read the blog :P