Grandmother raised Dobies... when we got our stray dobie/wolf/shepherd mix she said we should crop her; mom & I vacillated until it was well too late. Glad we did; when she grew up with her coarse black fur & heavy jowls she would've been all wrong. And a big thick tail like a alligator, when she was happy Miss Kitty would knock you over with it. ![Laughing :-DD](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley_laughing.gif.pagespeed.ce._hfWAz_QHO.gif)
mnem
*Sigh* She was the best dog ever... ![Cry :'(](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/xcry.gif.pagespeed.ic.tehjCtKixU.png)
That reminds of my mums old dog "Tessa", a lovely brindle Boxer and when she was excited, particularly if she hadn't seen you for a while, run flat out towards you and leap at you chest height and if you failed to brace yourself, ended up up as a sprawled heap on the floor with bouncing boxer all over you.
Yeah... that was her until she was a year or two old... then she settled down into farm life.
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I reckon I could solder wires onto it. Get a ~10mm chunk of FR4 single sided, cut a cross in it, glue it upside down in the middle and then add "bond wires" from the pads on the FR4. Paste the bottom of it, align bond with tweezers, paste it then blast it with a hot air gun.
Yeah; those "flying bond wires" probably aren't the best choice with a 5.4A working current capacity. This is def one where you should just suck it up, draw the damned thing and make a PCB. Effing 0.5mm pad spacing... smeesh. Why even make a discrete that small? Not like you can do anything useful with it unless you attach it to a PCB 10x bigger than it is...
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If you make the pads oversize and splayed out symmetrically, should be able to paint the bottom of the FET with flux and then wick solder with a 0.8mm point tip and not apply excessive heat.
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I've soldered to 0.5mm pitch pins and ribbon; it's not easy, but is doable. You wind up looking around like this for an hour afterwards...
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In Other News...
Something is coming; let's hope it's not poop on a PCB.
eBay auction: #323831860749 Tracking says it left Lost Angeles yesterday, enroute to me (or someone else) now.
Confidence is NOT high; seller has changed their username, taken feedback profile private, and collected 34 negative feedback all since I bought the thing. ![Tongue :P](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/xtongue.gif.pagespeed.ic.J5mTe0A2NA.png)
mnem
*still-sick-as-a-dog-dwagon*
So you ordered one, too? For mine, the tracking number turned out to be fake. After I figured that out, I wrote to the seller and got a "oh I am on vacation until June 30" email. Then the seller's name changed. Then the listing was removed because the item was "lost or broken". It went on from there. The item was due on June 21st. Alas, it never showed up. I expect ebay will issue a refund to me tomorrow and eat the cost.
Oh well, when something looks too good to be true, etc.
Yeah, I should probably file a dispute now, but there is SOMETHING moving through the USPS. I'm curious to see if something actually comes to ME...
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Hang on a smoky moment, dwagon, I thought you brought one of those last year and then proceeded to make your 3D printed stand for it DMM's? what happened to that one then??
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Nothing. I love the damned thing! And since I figured out how to make it do ESR, I actually get values that mean something to me, while at the same time building my own internal "gut feeling" for what acceptable
Tan Delta numbers are. I just figured
"Hey... chance to get one 60% off, or maybe get a clone I can compare for a good article..." ![Confused :-//](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/confused0024.gif.pagespeed.ce.5xOqKkq0Co.gif)
mnem
*koff... gag... gurgle-wheeze...*