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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)   31 Jan 2014 01:08 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS       43 of 542 
40898.43 In reply to 40898.39 
Nice one!  I've been meaning to work on mine but I've felt/been so tired this month.  There have been a few days that I've went to bed on Friday night and woke up Sunday morning! I can think of at least two times this month that I've done that.  I hope I can get my mojo back soon!
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 From:  milko   31 Jan 2014 10:58 
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whoa. You OK Ken? That is some serious sleep catching-up! 

Do you wake up like really really hungry?
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 From:  milko   31 Jan 2014 10:59 
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I keep doing quick reply to all instead of quick reply lately. Not getting enough sleep!
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 From:  Chris (CHRISSS)   31 Jan 2014 12:51 
 To:  milko      46 of 542 
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Haha. Sleep. I've forgotten what that is recently. And rest. Especially with two girls now. <yawn>
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 From:  Chris (CHRISSS)   31 Jan 2014 12:52 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS       47 of 542 
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Very clever. What have you got planned next?
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS    31 Jan 2014 13:29 
 To:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)      48 of 542 
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That's some sleep! How's the new job?
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS    31 Jan 2014 13:30 
 To:  Chris (CHRISSS)      49 of 542 
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To buy a house to fit all this stuff in.

Definitely happy with how it works now I've added it to my online home automation remote.
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 From:  Chris (CHRISSS)   31 Jan 2014 14:33 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS       50 of 542 
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How much do you plan to get working through it?

I did wonder if it was possible to have out bedroom led strip voice activated.
Me
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 From:  koswix   31 Jan 2014 14:47 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS       51 of 542 
40898.51 In reply to 40898.37 
When you say nothing was soldered, you just mean the header pins, right? 

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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)   31 Jan 2014 15:04 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS       52 of 542 
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Yeah I wish I knew what was causing it!  When I get home and sit down it's game over.  I can't keep my eyes open!  I was wondering if it had something to do with my new job.  I love it and I'm putting a lot of time and energy into it, and with all the things I'm trying to learn I thought maybe it was wearing me down.
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS    31 Jan 2014 20:05 
 To:  koswix      53 of 542 
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Yeah, just pin headers. Photos showed serial pins pre-soldered
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 From:  Chris (CHRISSS)   31 Jan 2014 20:18 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS       54 of 542 
40898.54 In reply to 40898.53 
Not done much soldering on electronic bits. Actually nothing more than soldering some connectors to some cables which was bad enough. I've done a fair bit of soldering of pipes, sometimes it's been pretty good and other times I just can't seem to get a tidy solder joint. Not a fan of soldering. Maybe I should practise some more.
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 From:  koswix   1 Feb 2014 01:20 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS       55 of 542 
40898.55 In reply to 40898.53 
Ah, that's OK then. The truck with pin headers is to not overheat them and melt the plastic, causing the pin to slip out. 

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 From:  koswix   1 Feb 2014 02:28 
 To:  Chris (CHRISSS)      56 of 542 
40898.56 In reply to 40898.54 
I used to think I was awful at soldering, but turns out I had a really shit iron. I'm not great by any means, but I can get reliable results now.

Think I'm going to get a hotplate for doing surface mounted stuff next. 

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 From:  Chris (CHRISSS)   1 Feb 2014 09:09 
 To:  koswix      57 of 542 
40898.57 In reply to 40898.56 
I don't think I have the best soldering iron. It's my dad's old one and not in the best condition. When I first tried soldering I had no idea what I was doing. I think I was soldering a 3.5mm jack to a Nokia cable. I was hearing up the solder and dropping it onto the cable which, unsurprisingly, didn't work too well.
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 From:  koswix   1 Feb 2014 09:49 
 To:  Chris (CHRISSS)      58 of 542 
40898.58 In reply to 40898.57 
You don't need to spend lots for something half decent. I use a maplin variable power unit with ceramic (?) bits. As long as you keep the bits well tinned and looked after you can get half decent results.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/50-w-solder-station-n78ar

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 From:  ANT_THOMAS    1 Feb 2014 10:52 
 To:  koswix      59 of 542 
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Yeah, the pins are now at different heights!
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 From:  koswix   1 Feb 2014 11:12 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS       60 of 542 
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(giggle) 

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 From:  koswix   1 Feb 2014 11:14 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS       61 of 542 
40898.61 In reply to 40898.59 
If you've got some breadboard mount them in that first to clamp them in place. Probably all sorts of reasons you shouldn't do that, but it works for me! 

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 From:  ANT_THOMAS    1 Feb 2014 11:16 
 To:  koswix      62 of 542 
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That didn't work because I think the holes in the breadboard are deeper than length of the pins.
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