I am developing software for 20+ years now. In the early days, I developed software in Assembler, Basic, Fortran, Pascal and C. Meanwhile my focus gradually shifted over time. It is a very personal view, with my own language recommendations I gave over time. Languages I never recommend are missing in this article, even I…
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SMD Adapters from Adafruit
Today most chips are only available in SMD packages, therefore I often need adapter boards for prototyping. There are only a few manufacturer of adapter boards and they are often very expensive. I think the reason for the high price is, because most of this boards are made to replace DIL chips in devices with SMD ones….
PCBite Arrived
I recently ordered a set of “PCBite”. These are special PCB holder as shown in the images in this post. To solder components into PCB I sometimes used one of this many “helping hands” products with two clamps, but they are no real use in most cases. PCBite seems to solve some of the problems…
Projects from Boldport Club Arrived
This week the beautiful projects from Boldport club arrived. Each of them comes with a nice box or bag which matches the individual project. All electronic components to assemble and solder the project are included, but you need some external power supply and jumper cables to bring some of the projects to life. In the…
Introducing the Boldport Club
I recently stumbled over the “Boldport Club”. This is a subscription where you get an unique electronic project for soldering every month in your mailbox. Each project is based on artful crafted PCBs and a couple of electronic components. You have to assemble everything by yourself, soldering all components together. Read more and have a look at the projects…