Scafir

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[–] Scafir@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I do not know if they are open to the public per se, but it seemed to be something they do quite regularly. Concerning the material, they say on their site that it is a "polymer". On this page they go quickly over how the measurements work.

I was actually not visiting sensirion, but lumiphase. A smaller company they are investing in which does optical chips. It's interesting stuff, they are also depositing unusual materials on the silicon wafer to make their chips work.

[–] Scafir@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Thanks! I recently was in the headquarters/production facilities of Sensiron which interestingly are located near Zurich in Switzerland. It's quite rare to see production of IC's in this country. The "magic sauce" of the sht40 and friends is the deposition of a certain matieral (can't remember which one) on top of the classic silicon die.

[–] Scafir@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Hey! Props to you for trying something new. While the through hole components look OK, soldering large gauge wire can be quite tricky, especially if the soldering iron is not powerful. What soldering iron do you use? In these cases especially, it is important to wick the wire first, wick the soldering pad and finally assemble the two. Raising the iron temperature for this can also be useful (I sometimes use 400° or a bit higher). It is counter intuitive, but hotter iron means quicker soldering job, and less heat in the surrounding area (e.g cable's insulator)

 

Pretty nice but unfortunately no shipment to EU :(

[–] Scafir@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 months ago

The green and orange colors are quite typical of the phoenix contacts brand. It's not a perfect match, but this model is very close: https://www.phoenixcontact.com/en-us/products/printed-circuit-board-terminal-sptaf-1-7-35-il-1861988

[–] Scafir@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

For edits whithin a page, I use inkscape. Both program combined have covered all my needs until now.

[–] Scafir@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Looks great!

If your are looking for pur aesthetics, I would recommend trimming the resistors/leds, and bending their leads before putting them on.

If you'd like some inspiration this guy has some of the best looking hand crafted electronics I've ever seen.

[–] Scafir@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't know so much about EGS, but probably some of the following (most of which I don't use very often, I hope I recall correctly)

  • Refunds
  • Family sharing of games
  • Sharing games for other local users
  • Being able to lend games
  • Remote Play (with friends)
  • Remote Play (stream for a local machine)
  • Linux support through proton
  • probably more?
[–] Scafir@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago (5 children)

What do you mean exactly by organic maps editing tools? I was using organic maps before to add businesses, but now StreetComplete can also do that (and more!). I sometimes use Vespucci because it is very powerful, but it's a bit of a pain to use.

[–] Scafir@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago

As a first step, I would recommend checking out osm.org from a computer. Once logged in you can use it as an editor straight from the browser. The embedded documentation really helped me initially.

[–] Scafir@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nice! Could you explain what it is or where to find more information about it? I was not able to find information online

 

I did not know about this mounting method. Probably it's a way to improve passive cooling capabilities?

[–] Scafir@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago

We are working towards having a product properly packaged. This is a prototype that is not mature enough yet to justify the cost/time to package it. Moreover, this custom chip is used to measure ultra low currents (down to femto amps), so any packaging could potentially interfere with the measurement capabilities (-> no epoxy). It is however protected by a large shielding box, but it's no use during assembly/modifications :/

 

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