Another @mightyohm.bsky.social kit in the wild

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MightyOhm AVR HV Rescue Shield Kits are on sale this week! Sale ends Sunday. www.amazon.com/MightyOhm-AV...

AVR HV Rescue Shield

The MightyOhm AVR HV Rescue Shield is a high voltage fuse programmer for Atmel AVR microcontrollers.

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Working on something different today. One jump ring broke off of this stained glass (not mine) and while I was tempted to try and repair it with rosin core solder I decided to get the proper solid core solder and acid? flux.

Stained glass folks. Why is solid core solder for stained glass absurdly large diameter? 3mm or 1/8" seems to be the standard.

RIP Chris Knight 😢 #realgenius #valkilmer

Check out this fondue set by Swiss Toolmaker PB Swiss. I feel like every major tool company has a couple items like this.

Why don't modern CAT6 keystones have strain relief for the cable? Is this style of keystone considered acceptable for enterprise networking? Who makes enterprise-grade keystones? This one is from Cable Matters. For years Monoprice keystones had a zip tie but newer version doesn't.

I wrote this 24 years ago, on my birthday. wavelen.com/pics/hd/inde...

Working on something today. I've been doing a lot of recapping recently and was getting tired of Googling pdfs. mightyohm.com/wiki/referen...

You know how those cheap Chinese alligator clip leads have folded and crimped wires? Turns out the American ones are like that too. I'm surprised to see this instruction sheet from Mueller. Can't we get an alligator clip that has a proper double crimp for conductor + insulation?

I find it very disappointing and surprising that there is still no officially supported in-situ upgrade path for Raspberry Pi OS. They expect you to write the new version of the OS to an SD card and copy over your config changes. Coming from Debian/Ubuntu, this is insane.

I'm not a fan of PCBs with leads that are bent tightly against the PCB. Makes desoldering difficult! Sony loved this technique and used it on lots of boards. Sometimes I just cut the part off and remove the leads one by one!

When did it become so difficult to sell used books on Amazon?

Hey, my Geiger Counter kit is now available to order from Digikey www.digikey.com/en/products/... thanks to @adafruit.com!

Is anyone looking for a firmware upgrade kit for their HP 8753D? I have just one left and due to the difficulty sourcing EPROMs I will not be making more. www.ebay.com/itm/16664817...

HP Agilent 8753D Firmware Upgrade Kit Revision 6.14 08753-60185 | eBay

This is a reproduction of HP Firmware Upgrade Kit 08753-60185. The kit includes all of the components you'll need to upgrade your 8753D series VNA to firmware version 6.14. This is the latest firmware...

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Anyone looking for Freon-TF? This is an inexpensive source. Label on the bottle confirms it is TFTCE. Look up SDS if you are unfamiliar with handling this stuff. www.ebay.com/itm/16657923...

Nortronics Tape Head Cleaner QM-102 NEW, NOS, Sealed 2oz. USA Made | eBay

NORTRONICS TAPE HEAD CLEANER. Photos represent typical idem condition. MODEL: QM-102. I have not attempted to conceal any flaws, defects or information.

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Simichrome works amazingly well at cleaning up corroded RCA connector shells. I used a kimwipe at first but then switched to a dremel buffing wheel which quickly turned black from all the gunk that came off the connectors. I think Autosol and Flitz would work too.

My corner of Seattle still has an AT&T long lines tower. It's a prominent local landmark but I suspect most folks have no idea why it's there. One of the horns is still in use, which is very rare. #seattle #longlines

Has anyone found a good replacement for the Ikea Jansjo task lights? They are no longer available and I have several of them that flicker randomly.

A plea from a DMM manufacturer.

The GOAT soap. I never thought I'd be sad about hand soap going NLA but here we are. #Boraxo

Yikes. 50% tariffs on Chinese diodes and other semis starting Jan 1st! www.mouser.com/section-301-...

Hello Bluesky! MightyOhm Geiger Counter Kits are on sale today. Sale ends at midnight. www.amazon.com/dp/B08L8FM1H6

now THIS is my kind of Python book.