bluetooth and new gps thingy
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Hey guys,
I was just wondering how you folks are doing with the bluetooth appmod.
Is it fairly straightforward to connect?!
I stumbled across this bluetooth gps receiver from Socket Communicaitons (
http://www.socketcom.com/pdf/gps/BTGPS_datasheet.pdf ).
Looks kinda neat....EXpen$ive though!! And I'm sure they're US prices too!
Ya know....if our beer wasn't better up here....I might defect!!
Original Message
From: "Mike Sokol - Fits & Starts" <mike@f...>
To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: Soldering perf boards
> A few more soldering suggestions:
>
> NEVER use any sort of acid-cored solder. Use on Rosin-Core 60/40 for
circuit
> board soldering. Acid core will literally rot your connections in a matter
> of hours of days.
>
> ALWAYS use a hot enough soldering pencil. More circuits are ruined by slow
> heat. Make the fires hot, as they say.
>
> GROUNDED irons are probably a good idea. On occasion I've had the heating
> element short out in a cheap iron, which can dump the full 120 Volts AC
into
> the circuit. Not a pretty site.
>
> CLEAN your leads first. Solder doesn't stick to surfaces, it needs to bond
> at a molecular level. Mechanical bonds will turn intermittent, especially
> with changing temperatures and vibration.
>
> HOLD STILL while the solder joint cools. It should look like a bead of
> mercury when you're done. If it has a cloudy or grainy appearance, then
the
> joint moved and crystallized. Reheat and start over again.
>
> Mike Sokol
> mike@f...
> www.fitsandstarts.com
>
>
> " One should not increase, beyond what is necessary,
> the number of entities required to explain anything"...
> -William of Occam-
>
>
>
Original Message
> From: "wun_fungi" <sweller@a...>
> To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 5:54 PM
> Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: Soldering perf boards
>
>
> > --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "crzystamp" <crzystamp@y...> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Does any one have any suggestions on how to solider to perf board.
> > > Something really visual??
> > > Never soldered before.
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Dave
> >
> > Do a web search on "basic soldering." You'll find lots of information
> > and illustrations, too.
> >
> > Stephen Weller
> > American. Veteran. Patriot.
> >
> >
> >
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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> >
> >
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I was just wondering how you folks are doing with the bluetooth appmod.
Is it fairly straightforward to connect?!
I stumbled across this bluetooth gps receiver from Socket Communicaitons (
http://www.socketcom.com/pdf/gps/BTGPS_datasheet.pdf ).
Looks kinda neat....EXpen$ive though!! And I'm sure they're US prices too!
Ya know....if our beer wasn't better up here....I might defect!!
Original Message
From: "Mike Sokol - Fits & Starts" <mike@f...>
To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: Soldering perf boards
> A few more soldering suggestions:
>
> NEVER use any sort of acid-cored solder. Use on Rosin-Core 60/40 for
circuit
> board soldering. Acid core will literally rot your connections in a matter
> of hours of days.
>
> ALWAYS use a hot enough soldering pencil. More circuits are ruined by slow
> heat. Make the fires hot, as they say.
>
> GROUNDED irons are probably a good idea. On occasion I've had the heating
> element short out in a cheap iron, which can dump the full 120 Volts AC
into
> the circuit. Not a pretty site.
>
> CLEAN your leads first. Solder doesn't stick to surfaces, it needs to bond
> at a molecular level. Mechanical bonds will turn intermittent, especially
> with changing temperatures and vibration.
>
> HOLD STILL while the solder joint cools. It should look like a bead of
> mercury when you're done. If it has a cloudy or grainy appearance, then
the
> joint moved and crystallized. Reheat and start over again.
>
> Mike Sokol
> mike@f...
> www.fitsandstarts.com
>
>
> " One should not increase, beyond what is necessary,
> the number of entities required to explain anything"...
> -William of Occam-
>
>
>
Original Message
> From: "wun_fungi" <sweller@a...>
> To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 5:54 PM
> Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: Soldering perf boards
>
>
> > --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "crzystamp" <crzystamp@y...> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Does any one have any suggestions on how to solider to perf board.
> > > Something really visual??
> > > Never soldered before.
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Dave
> >
> > Do a web search on "basic soldering." You'll find lots of information
> > and illustrations, too.
> >
> > Stephen Weller
> > American. Veteran. Patriot.
> >
> >
> >
> > To UNSUBSCRIBE, just send mail to:
> > basicstamps-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> > from the same email address that you subscribed. Text in the Subject
and
> Body of the message will be ignored.
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, just send mail to:
> basicstamps-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> from the same email address that you subscribed. Text in the Subject and
Body of the message will be ignored.
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>
>
>
>