On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 6:53 PM Evan Koblentz <evan@vcfed.org> wrote:
How is soldering a narrow topic?
It was surface-mount soldering.
The makerspace will do their usual learn-to-solder workshop during the show.
I will see if Bil wants to teach anything else this year.
Maybe Bill wants to do a topic like this one on hackaday: https://hackaday.com/2019/01/24/video-putting-high-speed-pcb-design-to-the-t... It's basically about a misunderstanding on the effects of heat and aging. A lot of hobbyists are interested in finding ways to prolong the life of decades computer systems, with their chips, caps drying out, etc.. He argues that the failure isn't poor design or heat, but the shock of turning on a chip that breaks it . -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation