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[SiliconWizard]

Got some more MilkV duo boards.

[Kim Christensen]

A fire, or lighter, or a candle + a piece of copper wire or an old soldering tip might make a soldering tool good enough to fix the broken soldering iron:  https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lighter+improvised+soldering+iron&ia=web

Do you remember this stuff?   

[Sorama]

 Shannon tweezers (basic package) arrived today.

Thank you @shannon.

[Zucca]

https://sensepeek.com/pcbite-kit-with-4x-sq10-probes-and-test-wires

[Grandchuck]

This makes me nervous

[PlainName]

This makes me nervous

Yep. For that kind of thing I've got stackable clip-ons that will fit those pins easily. Not sure where I got mine, but Amazon links are:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Micro-Clips-SDK08-Replacement-Accessories/dp/B0CWV8GR9H

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DD34X318

Prolly available on Aliexpress cheaper, pukka disties more expensive
Not shown in the pix but the micro-clips are intended to be clipped on alternating in orientation (so they will then fit next-door pins).

[wkb]

This makes me nervous

No need, they are generally not used on people.

[Kjelt]

This makes me nervous

No need those pcbites are perfectly balanced with low center of gravity, they are steady. Colleague uses them for over a year, perfect.
I am going to buy myself a set soon with sq200 probes

[Postal2]

Yep. For that kind of thing I've got stackable clip-ons that will fit those pins easily. ...

I have been using these clips (SDK08) for several years and highly recommend them.

[McBryce]

https://sensepeek.com/pcbite-kit-with-4x-sq10-probes-and-test-wires

I can't imagine those bendable arms being capable of keeping enough pressure on the probe tip to allow hands-free measurements. They would need a lot of weight on the head to work?

McBryce.

[Zucca]

They are well designed! No worries.
Unless you are probing on a Jeep while driving off road everything will work surprisingly well.

[Zucca]

Yep. For that kind of thing I've got stackable clip-ons that will fit those pins easily. ...

I have been using these clips (SDK08) for several years and highly recommend them.

they don't work on a ssop28

[Postal2]

... they don't work on a ssop28

For particularly small cases, especially those coated with varnish, the following method is used:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/embedded-computing/bare-metal-am335x-programming/?action=dlattach;attach=1852072

[PlainName]

Amateurs

[Bud]

This is sick....One must be desperate if needed to go to that extent 

[zapta]

Amateurs

Do you have a link to source for that wire?

[PlainName]

Ordinary solderable 0.15mm enamel wire, typically found in the pen style.

e.g. https://roadrunnerelectronics.com/product/standard-wiring-pencil-qse-rrp-103/

[Zucca]

Amateurs

There is always a bigger fish

https://www.hackster.io/news/an-epic-journey-in-reverse-engineering-ends-with-a-6-000-ppi-boardview-of-the-nintendo-switch-lite-a990ef505ac8

[PlainName]

Amateurs

There is always a bigger fish

 
That is very impressive!

[porter]

handy  dandy lbo2a

[artag]

Schaffner NSG 431 ESD simulator.

I've often wanted one of these for bragging rights and amusement but they don't appear often and never at fun prices, despite their age. I currently need one professionally and saw a couple at a price comparable with a day's hire, so gave a lowish bid and got it accepted. It will be well out of calibration (and I think limited to positive pulses at 21kV)  but should be good enough for pre-qual testing and more consistent than a piezo lighter or ebay cattle prod module.

Apparently in working condition but does anyone have failure / repair stories or hints of possible problems I can try to guard against ?

[thm_w]

Amateurs

The whole point of the sensepeak and grabber leads is that you don't have to solder anything.

[PlainName]

Within reason. Once you get over a certain (fairly low) number of them you're risking a continual firefight of them coming adrift, caught on each other, etc. Certainly that number in that space would be.. interesting. The only way to do that kind of thing properly is to have a nice small connector with all the signals on, but of course in this case we didn't know we needed it until the board was done.

[ledtester]

handy  dandy lbo2a

In this video starting at 10:24

TA-0420: DMMcheck Plus Rev. 8 - My Best for Multimeter Verification
https://youtu.be/VWCkMdiQePo?t=10m24s

Tony Albus shows the difference in output of the LB02A and the SG-004A. The LB02A's output looks a lot cleaner.

[Zucca]

https://sensepeek.com/pcbite-kit-with-4x-sq10-probes-and-test-wires

They arrived today, a real nice eng system and a joy to use. Highly recommended.