[vcf-midatlantic] vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 10, Issue 15

[corey cohen]

I think it would be great to have a class from Bil.  Surface mount soldering would be a good class as I’d love to learn from someone other than Rossman group on YouTube. 

If that isn’t good, maybe we can have Bil talk about electronic design back in the 80’s vs now. Seems like back then things weren’t designed to be as disposable as today.  Things back then either broke in the first year or lasted forever. 


corey cohen
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> On Mar 15, 2019, at 7:30 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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>>    I will see if Bil wants to teach anything else this year.
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>> 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-test/
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>> 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
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> I emailed him a little while ago. Waiting to hear back.
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> The last year or two he's wanted to do either historical stuff or far-out tech stuff, neither of which fits into why people buy tickets for Friday, and he didn't like it a couple of years ago when I had to say 'no' to his idea.
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