A 1 Dollar Chips Matter

November 10, 2021 Hosted by Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig

What kind of soldering equipment should an engineer look at getting for their bench? Parker and Stephen start discussing equipment and supplies!

Thanks for everyone that donated and stopped by the live stream! We where able to raise over $5000 for the Texas Children Hospital Network!

Molex 217175-0001

  • Tasty Type-C connector
  • No data pins?
  • Only power and the CC pins for doing the Power Delivery handshake
  • Datasheet

Non FCC switcher?

  • ICL7660CBAZA-T Super Voltage Converters
  • Power Rail Flipper/Inverter
  • Charge pump voltage “flipper” uses only two capacitors
  • At an input voltage of 5V and an unloaded oscillator pin the switching frequency is 10khz
  • Reducing to less than 9khz only takes one capacitor
  • Price
    • Singles: $1.82
    • Bulk: $1

SMT Bench Equipment for Soldering

  • X-tronic 440 died now I need to replace!
  • Soldering Iron
    • Thermaltronics TMT-2000S-SM
    • Tips
      • S75LR018A
      • S75DS045
  • Hot Air
    • Quick 957DW+
  • Microscope
    • AmScope SM series
    • Get a 0.5x Barlow lens
  • Tweezer set
    • Non magnetic stainless steel is what you want
    • ESD?
    • Aven is a good brand
  • Snips/flush cutters
    • Hakko CHP-170 are king

Hosts: Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig

Credits

Special thanks to whixr over at Tymkrs for the intro and outro!