Bodge job Removing the gunk Fixed Iteadstudio 'Mystery PCB' service The fight is over Please stay in there! The Bastard! Found some solder! Workplace Damaged Flux-capacitor New flux-capacitor Integrated O-ring Flux transfer - 1st attempt One out of 300... Flux transfer - success Offending LED removed Weller WMRP RT4 - New tip Fixed - which one ? AVR ISP pogo-pin programming adapter AVR ISP pogo-pin programming adapter Assembly jig Pogo-pin weak spot covered with blob of solder AVR ISP pogo-pin programming adapter AVR ISP pogo-pin programming adapter Pogo-pin programming adapter at work AVR ISP pogo-pin programming adapter These things are delicate There's a tiny spring inside! AVR ISP pogo-pin programming adapter AVR ISP pogo-pin programming adapter Using the jig to assemble the pogo-pin adapter Trying to get good pin alignment Void He's dead Jim! Lets see... Not enough space Not enough space Perfect fit! What to do with it? Foolproof marking? Boxed up Tube of solder paste - Edsyn CR44 Hrmph! Parts! Just two - ATtiny84 He's dead Jim! The first and probably... Mouser We have parts too It's an old radio ChipQuik to the rescue ATtiny85 custom J-leads Humidity indicator card Linear potentiometer TC33X2-202 Linear potentiometer Wrong choice of footprint ATtiny85 custom J-leads WHAT was I thinking? Tube of LEDs Nichia NSPWR70CSS-K1 New parts - enough for 3 boards. SO-20 is so huge... EDSYN FL-88 flux pen What naughty PCBs end up as A PCB coaster Product of dry solder tip cleaning Product of dry solder tip cleaning A PCB coaster Defective PCB - back side Defective PCB - front side A strange game... Jyetech - replaced ATmega64 ChipQuik SMD rework - dead chips SMD rework - ChipQuik test set perfboard madness Purple everything! Excessive packaging EXPLI.de - "grand prize" LED - uniformity issues imgp2000 Ah Xmas... the time to imgp2001 Ah Xmas... the time to Ah Xmas... the time to imgp2006 UP/DOWN contacts imgp2007 IR-upgraded Ikea Samtid ATtiny13 LED-strip controller IR-upgraded LCD backlights Ah Xmas... the time to The switch died, so I put in a LED Ah Xmas... the time to Ah Xmas... the time to ATtiny13 board doing PWM and sensing Me still pointing at something TSOP-ed my kitchen lights Another promo shot ;-) PT4115 driver - modded LED-strip + custom controller PT4115 lowest setting Another promo shot ;-) Me pointing at something Obligatory arduino board LED strip - brightness vs. position How to defend yourself against a man with... Contacts Chained MBI5168 breakout boards imgp2008 My LAST perfboard prototype Finished MBI5168 breakout board Improvised ISP connector LED-strip + custom controller PT4115 full blast imgp2009 1.8W G4 replacement LED - uniformity issues LEDs perfboard moodlight LED - uniformity issues My LAST perfboard prototype Ooops I did it again ;-( LED - uniformity issues Seeedstudio 3W LED bar