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  • AWIA AWI

    @gohan said in Your workshop :):

    Aren't these devices basically Arduinos? It's written on the title atmega328. If so if we could get our hands on the code, we could make our own 😀

    I finally found the place where the Chinese get their code and design for the "Transistortester". It comes from a german site
    0_1494697102560_upload-93c9329f-c8ba-4dd1-bf66-1757acf21a03 a very extensive project. I doubt if I will ever be able to match or even comprehend what they accomplished. :bow:

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    @AWI great digging! :+1:
    The specs and list of functions are impressive.
    Do you think the Chinese hardware is an identical copy of this design?

    http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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      @AWI great digging! :+1:
      The specs and list of functions are impressive.
      Do you think the Chinese hardware is an identical copy of this design?

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      @Yveaux said in Your workshop :):

      Do you think the Chinese hardware is an identical copy of this design?

      Why not? Chinese are great at copying stuff :D

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      • gohanG gohan

        @Yveaux said in Your workshop :):

        Do you think the Chinese hardware is an identical copy of this design?

        Why not? Chinese are great at copying stuff :D

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        @gohan said in Your workshop :):

        Why not? Chinese are great at copying stuff :D

        Yes, and they're great in optimizing for cost; as long as any signal comes out, all components will be removed/replaced by cheaper ones...

        http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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        • YveauxY Yveaux

          @AWI great digging! :+1:
          The specs and list of functions are impressive.
          Do you think the Chinese hardware is an identical copy of this design?

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          @Yveaux I soldered the thing myself so build quality is .... ;-) The board I received looks to be solid as well as the components.
          Accuracy in resistor/ capacitor meaurement is fine (~5% which is also the toleration of the components tested) Semiconductor analysis is enough for me with Fet / Junction transistors as I can determine the most important characteristics (including the pin layout!) which are within 10% of the datasheet. (pins are 100% correct :-))

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            @Yveaux I soldered the thing myself so build quality is .... ;-) The board I received looks to be solid as well as the components.
            Accuracy in resistor/ capacitor meaurement is fine (~5% which is also the toleration of the components tested) Semiconductor analysis is enough for me with Fet / Junction transistors as I can determine the most important characteristics (including the pin layout!) which are within 10% of the datasheet. (pins are 100% correct :-))

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            @AWI did you order the parts or did you make the tester on your own with the parts you had?

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            • gohanG gohan

              @AWI did you order the parts or did you make the tester on your own with the parts you had?

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              @gohan I used a kit. There is also a description and suggestions on improvement of the "Chinese clones" in the documentation of the project.

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                @AWI "I soldered the thing myself so build quality is ...."
                I guess the missing word is: "top", and the last dot is just interpunction.

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                • core_cC core_c

                  @AWI "I soldered the thing myself so build quality is ...."
                  I guess the missing word is: "top", and the last dot is just interpunction.

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                  @core_c Thanks, I missed that ;-)

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                    I got my 2017 transistor tester and since the cost for the pre-assembled was not far off from the kit, I did go the lazy way and I have to say the soldering quality seems OK.

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                      I need little advice: is it worth buying the Ts100 soldering iron for 50€ + some accessories (holder and one extra tip, I already have a laptop power supply I can use) or go for a Hakko FX-888D for 120€ (you get holder in the price and extra tips cost significantly lower but I don't know if I ever need many different sizes)?

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                      • gohanG gohan

                        I need little advice: is it worth buying the Ts100 soldering iron for 50€ + some accessories (holder and one extra tip, I already have a laptop power supply I can use) or go for a Hakko FX-888D for 120€ (you get holder in the price and extra tips cost significantly lower but I don't know if I ever need many different sizes)?

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                        @gohan Imho - TS100 is beautiful toy, nice gadget, but not really useful tool. TS100 iron has much less ergonomics in comparation with others soldering stations. I recommend buy it only as extra tool, not main tool ;)

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                          0_1519674968503_IMG_20180226_203325.jpg

                          After changing my HA and network to new location I made some changes to my workshop. Still some work in progress.

                          Controller: Proxmox VM - Home Assistant
                          MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - W5100 Ethernet, Gw Shield Nrf24l01+ 2,4Ghz
                          MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - Gw Shield RFM69, 433mhz
                          RFLink GW - Arduino Mega + RFLink Shield, 433mhz

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                          • sundberg84S sundberg84

                            0_1519674968503_IMG_20180226_203325.jpg

                            After changing my HA and network to new location I made some changes to my workshop. Still some work in progress.

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                            @sundberg84 said in Your workshop :):

                            Still some work in progress.

                            And some big spider to kill... :smirk:

                            http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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                            • sundberg84S sundberg84

                              0_1519674968503_IMG_20180226_203325.jpg

                              After changing my HA and network to new location I made some changes to my workshop. Still some work in progress.

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                              @sundberg84 we have the same model of soldering iron, hot air gun, and multimeter. And we might end up having a similar power supply too, as I'll build one sooner or later.
                              But my stack of unused EasyPCBs is a bit smaller :D

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                              • YveauxY Yveaux

                                @sundberg84 said in Your workshop :):

                                Still some work in progress.

                                And some big spider to kill... :smirk:

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                                @yveaux said in Your workshop :):

                                @sundberg84 said in Your workshop :):

                                Still some work in progress.

                                And some big spider to kill... :smirk:

                                That is Hugo. He has been around since I was a kid. Hard to kill since he is made of plastic but loves to scare new people.

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                                • Nca78N Nca78

                                  @sundberg84 we have the same model of soldering iron, hot air gun, and multimeter. And we might end up having a similar power supply too, as I'll build one sooner or later.
                                  But my stack of unused EasyPCBs is a bit smaller :D

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                                  @nca78 - haha, thats nice :) I been thinking about changing my power supply though. Posting to much images isnt good for you ;) On my swedish blog I had a guy explaining about relative ground. When I probe around with my oscilloscope and power the electronics with my PSU they are not the same ground and this can apparently create some magic smoke. So far so good and I have been to lazy to learn more about the theory (Im sure there are people here with great knowledge about this) but the advice was to change my PSU to a "real" one.

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                                  MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - W5100 Ethernet, Gw Shield Nrf24l01+ 2,4Ghz
                                  MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - Gw Shield RFM69, 433mhz
                                  RFLink GW - Arduino Mega + RFLink Shield, 433mhz

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                                    So many space, I jealous :)

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                                      So I had to replace a micro USB connector on a tablet the other day. So to get the old connector off, I used my heat gun which is similar to the one pictured below. It worked okay and I was able to get the connector off.
                                      0_1521689278058_2046dc57-b8d1-41f8-b7c9-a3ae3dbf9f4a-image.png
                                      I have been wanting to get a hot air re-work station for a while now. I was looking at the picture of @sundberg84 's workshop and I saw that he had an 858D, so I searched that on ebay. I noticed that there are a variety of 858D stations out there ranging from $30 to $121 US. They all look very similar as far as front panel controls and functionality. My question is, is there a big difference between the lower and higher priced units? I guess, if I get one of the $30 units, is it going to fall apart sooner than one of the others?

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                                      • dbemowskD dbemowsk

                                        So I had to replace a micro USB connector on a tablet the other day. So to get the old connector off, I used my heat gun which is similar to the one pictured below. It worked okay and I was able to get the connector off.
                                        0_1521689278058_2046dc57-b8d1-41f8-b7c9-a3ae3dbf9f4a-image.png
                                        I have been wanting to get a hot air re-work station for a while now. I was looking at the picture of @sundberg84 's workshop and I saw that he had an 858D, so I searched that on ebay. I noticed that there are a variety of 858D stations out there ranging from $30 to $121 US. They all look very similar as far as front panel controls and functionality. My question is, is there a big difference between the lower and higher priced units? I guess, if I get one of the $30 units, is it going to fall apart sooner than one of the others?

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                                        @dbemowsk i bought mine used from England. It was in the cheaper price range. Works great so far and this is ok for me.

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                                        MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - Gw Shield RFM69, 433mhz
                                        RFLink GW - Arduino Mega + RFLink Shield, 433mhz

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                                        • sundberg84S sundberg84

                                          @dbemowsk i bought mine used from England. It was in the cheaper price range. Works great so far and this is ok for me.

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                                          @sundberg84 Thanks, hard to tell from your picture, but does yours have the cord for the wand going directly into the base, or is it on a connector that plugs into the front? I noticed that most of the more expensive ones have a removable/replaceable wand, but everything else looks to be about the same. I will probably just order the $30 one and see how it goes.

                                          Vera Plus running UI7 with MySensors, Sonoffs and 1-Wire devices
                                          Visit my website for more Bits, Bytes and Ramblings from me: http://dan.bemowski.info/

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