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"By "scavenge-friendly electronic parts", I mean parts that can be assembled with low-tech tools. I mostly mean parts with a "through hole" mounting type (in op
by panarchy 2y ago
"By "scavenge-friendly electronic parts", I mean parts that can be assembled with low-tech tools. I mostly mean parts with a "through hole" mounting type (in opposition with "surface mount").
"But I do tons of hobbyist electronics with surface mount!", some could say. Yeah, sure, but how do you wire it? You order a PCB from OSH Park? That's not very scavenge-friendly.
" - https://new.collapseos.org/why.html https://new.collapseos.org/why.html
Not that I totally disagree with this but see clay PCBs, another post-supply-chain-collapse electronics project
https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-clay-pcb#t=1689 https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-clay-pcb#t=1689
- vdupras 2y agoThat looks really cool, but as we see from the size of the traces, I doubt you can fit a modern surface mount chip on that.