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July 26, 2007

Ceramic Caps

Today a received a gigantic box from Mouser containing all the parts for the RS232 to Eaton Leonard Level Shifter v2. This includes over 100 DIP ICs, 110 BC557 transistors, shunts (jumpers), tantalum capacitors, screw terminals, LEDs, 2×3 headers, RJ45 connectors, resistors, and the FETs for current reversal protection.

I also finally bought a lead bender, so that the bends in resistors will be a lot more accurate / consistent.

Assembling these 25 is going to be a chore, but will also be worthwhile. Yay!

Now, to go to Meijer and get extra foodstuffs for the weekend.

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8 Responses

  1. bdu July 27, 2007

    Gonna bust a cap in someone’s ass.

    1. c0nsumer July 27, 2007

      I think that may, realistically, be more than an assload of caps.

      If I didn’t need them, and was in the right frame of mind, and had a kevlar sheath to slip them in, it may be worth trying.

  2. kevinblanchard July 27, 2007

    I actually bought a bender like that the other day when I saw it mentioned in MAKE blog. Hasn’t arrived yet but looks like it’ll come in handy :)

    1. c0nsumer July 27, 2007

      I’m going to have to do a few hundred resistors soon. I sort of need it. :\

      1. kevinblanchard July 27, 2007

        yikes. Yeah it will be very useful for you. I think I’ve never used more than 50, but I sure as heck wish I had known about it when I was working on that project.

        1. c0nsumer July 27, 2007

          For one thing I did I had literally hundreds to do… I kept forgetting to buy a lead bender, so I just kept doing them by hand.

  3. echolex July 27, 2007

    I could make a pretty sweet necklace and earring set with those ceramic caps…

    1. c0nsumer July 27, 2007

      They are really cheap. Like, $0.06/ea.

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