Build your own VR conditioner
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Build your own VR conditioner
<p>The quick and dirty version (just how yall like it)</p><p>I'm personally using this for ABS sensors and traction control with megasquirt.</p><p>Steps:</p><p>1. Read this ****</p><p>2. Get the gerber files from this link</p><p>3. Go to OSHPark and get 3 boards made for $5 (share with your friends, you probably only need one board)</p><p>4. Order a bunch of this **** (I ordered 2 extra of everything in case I **** up soldering it all)</p><p><a href="http://imgur.com/tBSx4rZ" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://www.miataturbo.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=146714&dateline=14 39356067" /></a></p><p>5. Learn to surface mount solder.</p><p>6....?</p><p>7. Profit?!?!</p><p>I'll be updating this as I build them. I'll also attach the spreadsheet tomorrow when I get back to my work computer.</p>
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Proto Advantage - QSOP-16 to DIP-16 SMT Adapter (0.635 mm / 25 mil pitch)
chose pins and IC assembled from up top, and put in the digikey part number of the chip you want and presto it'll be at your door in like 2 weeks.
chose pins and IC assembled from up top, and put in the digikey part number of the chip you want and presto it'll be at your door in like 2 weeks.
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Proto Advantage - QSOP-16 to DIP-16 SMT Adapter (0.635 mm / 25 mil pitch)
chose pins and IC assembled from up top, and put in the digikey part number of the chip you want and presto it'll be at your door in like 2 weeks.
chose pins and IC assembled from up top, and put in the digikey part number of the chip you want and presto it'll be at your door in like 2 weeks.
Surface-mount isn't hard to do IF you have the right tools and are experienced with general soldering work. A Radio-Shack iron isn't the right tool. In fact, my fancy Weller is just barely adequate even with the expensive tip in it. When I worked at Harris, I took all my surface-mount work into the lab and used the $500 Metcal iron and the Bousch & Lomb stereomicroscope.
Moral: you can do it yourself if you try. But if you can pay someone else $6 to do it for you with the right tools, go that route.