[Holloway Goods - It is True]

There is an IT saying - "the co-operation to be expected from a computer is in inverse proportion to the desperation of the user!"

[Setting up my RSU.]

I'll go along with everything Kenton said. When I've demonstrated/let others have a go at using my PSU at the SWAG do at Taunton over that last couple of years people have been amazed at how simple it really is (although I could never pin Andy Y down to have a go!).

 

No need to tin using a conventional iron unless you are sweating something on. Also, solder paste is expensive and difficult to find when using a step soldering technique with differing melting points. Ordinary solder, cut into short (ie a couple of mil or less, only enough to make the joint) lengths, placed in position on the cleaned and fluxed joint and held down by the carbon probe so that the current passes through the solder into the metal will do just as well and I find is is much more controllable.

 

Can't be at Taunton this year - I'm going to get withdrawal symptoms.

 

Phil

[Failed on week one, is this a sign?]

Don't worry Simon - I'm only a year (or two) late so it'll take a bit to catch me up!

 

Hope all goes well with the layout at Taunton. I'm double booked that day so I'll have to wait for the pictures.

 

Phil