Recent content by max1zzz

Boards have arrived and been tested! These have a couple of modifications you may be able top see: There is now a ATX connector behind the NuBus slots for people who wish to replace the original PSU, just keep in mind this will prevent most full length NuBus cards being installed in the left...

More new shiny things:

Boards are on order! I have ordered 30 boards, all with the bottom side birdseed populated. Boards are purple with a ENIG finish The good news is that although the order as a hole was pretty expensive the per board cost is actually lower than I expected so it's looking like the final price will...

Revisions done, will give it one final once over tomorrow evening then send it to JLC :)

Time for a update (And not just because there is a TD Livestream tomorrow and I want to show the new version off....) The most obvious difference is that the 18650 is gone from the keypad board which allows the keypad to be centred like the original unit, the 5v boost regulator has also been...

I was hoping to get these ordered this month but my projects budget ended up being eaten elsewhere All being good they will be sent off for production at the beginning of next month Once I have the boards and have verified the revised version is OK I'll contact everyone who has expressed interest

Shipping to the US form the UK is a bit pricey but not too bad I will be posting the design on github once this run is done and I have verified the revised board works fine (Very unlikley it won't but I always like to check before releasing a design into the wild) so if you do prefer to wait I'm...

Just been getting a feel for how many to order, Will proably be ordering the boards the next week :)

I haven't sent the boards off for production yet so I'll add you to the list :) I may also still have some IIcx boards, I'll have a look tomorrow and let you kow

Most people seem to want birdseed PNP'd so that looks like the route I will go down ;) As much as I would like to get both sides PNP'd it's would probably cost more than I could afford to do that so it's gong to have to be bottom side only (Plus there is not actually that much that could be...

Right, Have made the necessary alterations to the board and am having a look at getting a run made Purple seems to be the most popular colour so we will be going with that Do you guys want them with the bottom birdseed PNP assembled? Doing some rough pricing you would probably be looking at £60...

The cleaners should come pretty much wired for option 2 from the factory, the metal housing and steel pan of the unit will be connected to mains ground so as long as you are connected to a grounded outlet static buildup on the pan should not be a issue. If your still worried you can go with...

As prototypes go I'll call this one a success :)

I have a Thermaltronics something or other that's the equivalent of a Metcal MX-500 (uses the same tips) It's certainly a very capable station but I have really struggled to find tips I like for it, I usually use a 2mm bevel with my FX-951 but that just doesn't seem to exist form thermaltornics...

Time to return to this after another 18 months, With progress this time! It lives :) How did we get here? Well first off I ended up killing the PSC when removing it for cleaning. This was entirely my fault for using too much heat as I couldn't be bothered to get the IR preheater out or the low...