Here’s a quick one. I’m tired of having to solder programming headers onto projects that don’t need them after initial development. So I bought a bag of clothespins for a couple bucks from China and went wild with some epoxy and Pogo pins. Soldering made the epoxy fail faster than I expected, so… Read More: Clipping the Leads »
A lot of the switch-mode power supplies I’ve built have relied on Skyworks Technologies controllers. This is because they are very cheap, and seem to go obsolete almost immediately after purchase. This is a quick story of bringing up a new switch-mode circuit from a different manufacturer to test its viability in some battery-powered devices.… Read More: Storytime! A switch mode tale. »