Building a core module in 4 minutes...

[8O]

Enjoy!  :)

[TK.]

Blogged :)

[frailn]

That was beautiful.

Why read ucapps.de and the forum and ask a bunch of questions when I could simply affix clothespins to my eyelids and put this video on repeat for 72 hours?

[cimo]

aaaaaaahhhhhh the CORE, source of all kind of pleasure....

[stryd_one]

Hehehehe, when I saw the topic, I thought it was a whole core soldered in 4 minutes real-time... I thought "wow, OK that's really fast!"

nice video :)

[Benjamin]

Heyyy!! are you reading my mind :o.... i was planning to do the same thing :-\... 

Mine will be a bit different though...  see you when i finish practicing ;D

[stryd_one]

Well I was going to recommend against it.... at least... for newbies... See GROT #1

[Benjamin]

Im going more for documentation for myself than an instructional.

Ill put a warning: Do not under any circumstances copy what you see here - its most likely incorrect!!!

(Searching for what GROT #1 means now)

[Wilba]

Hehehehe, when I saw the topic, I thought it was a whole core soldered in 4 minutes real-time... I thought "wow, OK that's really fast!"

nice video :)

Nice video, but also disappointed...  ;D surely it's not impossible to solder a Core in 4 minutes real-time?

I might have to try it...

[8O]

Cheers for all the nice comments. It's my first midibox attempt, so the actual time was 3-4 hours spread over 2 evenings (in between watching the Euro 2008 football  :) )

All the great documentation and pictures on the ucapps site made it very easy to build the board - thanks!

Edit: actually, most of the time was spent twisting various items in and out of the pcb drill holes as many of the holes were too narrow for the intended device. I wonder if this is common, or just in the summer  ;) :)

[stryd_one]

Im going more for documentation for myself than an instructional.

Ill put a warning: Do not under any circumstances copy what you see here - its most likely incorrect!!!

I'd go with "Don't try this at home, kids!" ;D

(Searching for what GROT #1 means now)

http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/troubleshooting#golden_rules_of_troubleshooting ;)

Wilba, we can have a core-off... Side by side, soldering race.... we just need a cute girl to stand between us and wave a flag to start the race :D

[Smithy]

Nice vid.

I particularly liked the way you checked for coninuinity between a lot of the points.

I wouldnt have thought of this, seems to be better to detect a problem before its finished,

rather than spend a longer time trying to diagnose one.

[stryd_one]

I particularly liked the way you checked for coninuinity between a lot of the points.

Definitely, that was my favourite part!

[8O]

I got some time to connect the LCD module last night and it works first time.

DIN module up next and I may do another video for that - might aim for sub 2 minutes.  :)

[stryd_one]

And the award for smallest LCD goes to.........

;D

[8O]

And the award for smallest LCD goes to.........

Hehe, yeah, I know  ;D - I searched on here for 2x8 LCD, but no real results, so I thought I might as well just try it. The core connector layout made it nice and easy. All that continuity checking on the core has paid off so far...  :)

[stryd_one]

Yep, the way the addressing works, the extra columns will just fall off into space. :)

[fabioldr]

Wow, that really inspired me to build my own board!!

Sometime the video freaked me out, it seems like you're burning your finger!!

Nice job

[cimo]

Hehe, yeah, I know  ;D - I searched on here for 2x8 LCD, but no real results, so I thought I might as well just try it. The core connector layout made it nice and easy. All that continuity checking on the core has paid off so far...  :)

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[8O]

Sometime the video freaked me out, it seems like you're burning your finger!!

Hehe, only a couple of times - no permanent scars.  :)