Category: InTheMail

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Voltlog #203 – InTheMail With Cheap Electronic Components

So LCSC seem to be trying to be like the Digikey or Farnell of china and I think they are succeeding. Yes they have many problems regarding their website, which doesn’t exactly make it easy for us to filter and find the required part as we will see in a moment, but it might be worth the trouble because you get access to a whole new set of chips coming from Asia that you wouldn’t normally find and all of this at very affordable prices.

Another advantage is that you can bundle together your PCB order with your Component order and have them delivered in the same package. That’s a pretty neat idea, considering that you find anything you could need in their inventory. You could practically build an entire project with just a single order placed online.

Voltlog #200 – InTheMail

Welcome to a new voltlog, the first one in 2019 and what better way to start the year than with a InTheMail video the series that will touch both your passion for electronics and your bank account at the same time. As some of you might know I’ve recently created my patreon page so for those that would like to support me making these videos, you will find a link the description below, any pledge amount is appreciated, even 1$, just imagine half of my subscribers pledging 1$ a month. And if you can’t offer any donations, that’s fine too, my content will continue to be free.

Links for all of the items shown in the video will be in the video description, on youtube.

Voltlog #196 – InTheMail

Hello everyone and welcome to a new InTheMail the series that will touch both your passion for electronics and your bank account at the same time.

This is the list of items shown in this mailbag and there will be links to each of these in the video description on youtube:

  • Foam insulating sheet
  • Cork insulating sheet
  • Bed adjustment wheels
  • Small o-ring 1.8mm ID
  • JST-GH connector wire
  • 18ohm 25W Power Resistor
  • 6 cell AA battery socket
  • TS100 Power Cord XT60
  • Braided cable sleeve
  • Small hand drill
  • Mechanic Solder Paste
  • Smartphone Mount

Voltlog #194 – Gift Ideas For Makers – Christmas 2018

Welcome to a new voltlog, so december is coming up and some of you might be thinking what gifts you could offer to your loved ones. I thought I’d share my ideas and what I would like to receive as a maker or hobbyist. The criteria for choosing these items were mainly to be decent quality products, at affordable prices and be things that a maker would later use in his projects. As usual you will find links in the description on the video on youtube to places where you can order these online.

So these are my recommendations for you, I would for example be happy to receive any of the above and that’s how I made this list, thinking about what I would be happy to receive or what would be really useful and fund at the same time for a maker. Let me know in the comments below if the list helped you in any way to choose the right gift for someone. Thank you for watching!

Voltlog #193 – InTheMail

Hello everyone and welcome to a new InTheMail the series that will touch both your passion for electronics and your bank account at the same time.

In the video I am showing the following items for which you can find links in the video description on the youtube page:

  • TS100 soldering iron tip TS-BC2
  • 0.4mm Brass Nozzle 3D Printing
  • 0.4mm Stainless Steel Nozzle 3D Printing
  • Cabinet LED light
  • Rotary Encoder
  • Soft Protective Pouch
  • M3 x 40mm screw
  • M4 x 8mm screw
  • Double Sided Thermal Conductive Adhesive Tape
  • CAN SPI Transceiver Module
  • Lichee PI Nano ARM9 Computer Module
  • 24 pin Flat Flex Connector 0.5mm pitch

Voltlog #191 – First Order From China

About 10 years ago I placed my first order in China. How about you? When did you first order something from China and when was that? I would be happy to hear your story so put it in the comments below.

So it was straight to the big league for me, I went on Alibaba and found a pcb supplier which was willing to make these boards for me, I think I needed about 20 boards and ended up paying something like $500 USD for those.

 

Voltlog #189 – InTheMail

Hello everyone and welcome to a new InTheMail the series that will touch both your passion for electronics and your bank account at the same time.

We’re gonna start with this interesting looking controller type module. So we got what looks like a big switching device here that probably needs a heatsink. Well this is a beefy triac, it can do 100A and can also withstand 1000A non repetitive peaks. We’ve kinda started from the wrong side, from the output but that’s what stands out from this module. We have an opto-isolator which has a triac output driver, separating the two sides of the board. Let’s check the clearance on the back, they have something like 3mm clearance in this area. If I were to design this, I would have done it with at least 5mm, I don’t see the point of extending this ground poor so close to this track which is on the hot side.

Links for all of the items can be found in the video description on the youtube page.