Software engineer, allegedly professionally so.
Cambridge, UK
Joined January 2009
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Hard to get a good shot but the sliver of moon between Venus and Jupiter tonight was quite something.
It's built and it works!! Added a motor from another set to automate it - but it has loads of details and whilst that large tower was repetitive it's also therapeutic! Including linking the 222 chain segments plus 33 conveyer ones to form the lift mechanism.
They get smaller... (0603). Hence the digital microscope for Christmas! And smaller 0402 (1mm x 0.5mm!). Gonna need a smaller soldering tip for those!
Been 20 years since I really did any electronics despite wanting to get back to it. Have a project in mind - but of course these days it's all surface mount. I'm told you can hand solder it. Got a practice kit (blame .@rmc47 ) and well yeah - this is the biggest size component.
