I was thinking about prototyping electronics again, as I often do, and I was wondering about what might be optimal (as in most flexible) for handing small SMT parts like SOT23-3. Your choices are many, but pretty much all are bog-standard offerings derived from the original Veroboard layout (i.e. 0.1″ hole array, with a series
I’ve been quiet. Very quiet. Building a business, caring for foster children, and other boring life things are all taking my time and energy. But I’m back, and I’m ready for some more action. I’ve got a tonne of ideas for projects, builds that need completing and ideas for articles and guides, even an eBook
Southampton Makerspace hosts a large A0 bed industrial laser cutter (An Epilog Legend 36EXT) that we bought a couple of years back from a company up in Farnborough. We spent quite a lot of our member’s money on this machine, and we’re quite precious about it, especially regards maintenance. This isn’t the usual ‘hackerspace laser’
Don’t buy a new one – just fix it up! Thermal design of Electronics is very important. Electronic parts get hot. The resistance of materials results in heat. Nothing in modern mass-produced products get much hotter than the CPU in a PC. It’s simply the sheer size of the circuits on the die, billions of
Unit F, Liner’s Industrial Estate, Pitt Road, Southampton Our Hackerspace, So Make It (Southampton Makerspace) was located in Unit K6 on the same industrial estate as our current location. After a year in our first paid-for dedicated space, we decided it was getting a bit cramped. The physical space could not contain our ideas, and
My company Sobuildit Limited offers Electronic Design Services to other businesses and individuals. I will make a free quotation after discussing your technical needs, even if an NDA is needed – that is no problem! Located in Hythe, Hampshire in the UK I cover the local area and surrounding cities with a personal service. I’m
Southampton Makerspace moved! We grew, our old unit K6 on Liner’s Industrial Estate got too pokey: So we looked around. We took over unit F! This latest unit on the same estate became vacant at the beginning of 2015, so we were kindly allowed in early by our awesome landlord to clean and repaint. It was
Grand opening 1st Feb, 2pm. Be there. Or don’t. http://blog.somakeit.org.uk/2014/01/20/a-place-of-our-own/