Misc Micro electronics, soldering, fixes, diagnostics... all that jazz!

[Jupitus]

Hey all - been watching a lot of microsoldering and repair videos recently trying to learn more about electronics. I'm slowly getting my understanding up, but was wondering if we have any local experts here anyway?

 

[Raven]

Same as you, just starting.

I got a couple of kits off ebay.

Pardon our interruption...

and the like, very good for practising, and comes with all the bits.

As for kit, not spent a great deal, probably less than £100, I am thinking about getting a decent light/magnifier/screen though, some are quite pricy.

Edit, saved myself a load of money by repairing my car key fob for less than £5, and that was because I had to buy 10 of the componant.

 

[Jupitus]

Same as you, just starting.

I got a couple of kits off ebay.

Pardon our interruption...

and the like, very good for practising, and comes with all the bits.

As for kit, not spent a great deal, probably less than £100, I am thinking about getting a decent light/magnifier/screen though, some are quite pricy.

Edit, saved myself a load of money by repairing my car key fob for less than £5, and that was because I had to buy 10 of the componant.

It certainly can be expensive, especially for the good kit. I'm getting slowly better and understanding what's what, but in reality I don't think I'll ever be very good given my shaky old mitts. What I am doing though is taking on almost lost causes headed for landfill and trying to figure them out... case right now is son's old HP laptop which supposedly needed a new adapter port / power switch. I gave up previously when it still didn't work after replacement, but I have finally had a breakthrough in finding a duff capacitor. A tiny one.

... and fuck off everyone, they do NOT look gigantic to me

 

[caLLous]

Microsoldering definitely sounds like a way of describing soldering for little people...

 

[old.Osy]

I had managed to fix and microsolder my Sony XM3 headphones, tested the audio and touch panel function before putting it all back to together..... only to drive a tiny fixing screw straight through the main audio cable when doing so. I was livid.

Work mate heard my story, properly laughed at me, and told me to give it to his dad, as he's passionate about the topic of repair and electronics / soldering.

To my amazement, he managed to undo the damage I did and fixed em. So now I have both XM3 and XM4, since I jumped and bought the next model once I ruined mine.

Context:
View: https://youtu.be/LK9OoN222l0?t=281

 

[Deebs]

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... and fuck off everyone, they do NOT look gigantic to me

No they don't but you look fucking small next to them.

 

[Jupitus]

Skillz:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfqXALROpiQ&ab_channel=northwestrepair

 

[Jupitus]

I'm still slowly progressing on the old HP laptop... I managed to locate a capacitor which was shorting to ground. It's on 0603 component (tiny) but I did manage to safely remove that... short is still there, so next step will be to remove a 20 pin IC. Not brave enough for that yet, so just won a bid for a dead laptop motherboard to practice on... £3

 

[Deebs]

I'm still slowly progressing on the old HP laptop... I managed to locate a capacitor which was shorting to ground. It's on 0603 component (tiny) but I did manage to safely remove that... short is still there, so next step will be to remove a 20 pin IC. Not brave enough for that yet, so just won a bid for a dead laptop motherboard to practice on... £3

Good stuff, I used to love dabbling with soldering irons etc. Thought I was the man when I got my first gas powered soldering iron.

Anyway, with your eyes being so close to ground I would expect you to easily locate a capacitor.

 

[Jupitus]

Good stuff, I used to love dabbling with soldering irons etc. Thought I was the man when I got my first gas powered soldering iron.

Anyway, with your eyes being so close to ground I would expect you to easily locate a capacitor.

It fell on my head

 

[Deebs]

It fell on my head

Thanks for sending me a picture of you and your Dad soldering stuff.

Spoiler

 

[MYstIC G]

Thanks for sending me a picture of you and your Dad soldering stuff.

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He's standing on the board between the two of them right? Why else would the kid have a magnifying glass

 

[Jupitus]

This guy is amazing (yeah, same one again!):

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYHeetEZcSg&ab_channel=northwestrepair