• wjrii@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Meanwhile I’m over here playing in the through-hole kiddie pool or dead-bug handwiring keyboards.

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      3 hours ago

      SMD is way less scary than I thought! It’s best if you spin your own board though. Passives and SOICs are piss easy just with a hot poker and tin.

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      4 hours ago

      I started that way too, way to go, only thing you gotta do is don’t give up, i mean, sometimes you’ll go really slow, but just don’t stop doing what you doing and you’ll grow