Joule Thief

[SeaMonkey]

Curious Inventor has made a video demonstrating
effective techniques using common tools.

[4Tesla]

Curious Inventor has made a video demonstrating
effective techniques using common tools.

Wow.. that guy is good.  I wish soldering was that easy for me.

I've heard of using a hot plate for smt, not sure if it is a good method or not.

[Pirate88179]

Wow.. that guy is good.  I wish soldering was that easy for me.

I've heard of using a hot plate for smt, not sure if it is a good method or not.

Yes, thanks for posting.  I have seen some similar vids but, at least this guy shows how to do it with stuff I already have here.

I will have to watch again near the end he mentioned "super boards? or supra boards?  Something like that that can be used as a break out board similar to the proto boards we use with the copper pads .100" apart for "regular" components.  I might look into them but fear I need to just make my own board with the iron on masking.

Bill

[4Tesla]

Yes there are adapters which are great for hobbyist and prototyping!  This is the brand I see most, but there are others..

https://www.google.com/search?q=SchmartBoard+SMT+to+DIP+Adapters&tbm=shop

[Pirate88179]

Yes there are adapters which are great for hobbyist and prototyping!  This is the brand I see most, but there are others..

https://www.google.com/search?q=SchmartBoard+SMT+to+DIP+Adapters&tbm=shop

Excellent!  So, these are a very basic type of breakout board for smt devices then?  I will have to figure out which one I need for the 1402 but, after watching that video, I know I can solder to pads that are placed in the right area.  Thank you so much for your post...it really helps.

The one thing I can't figure out is why Sparkfun makes that nice board using the 1402 and other components (at a good price too) but their specs say it will take 1 volt and make it 3 volts.  That is good and all but the 1402 with the right components will take (once it begins to run at .8 volts) and keep running down to .3 volts and still output 3 volts.  I wonder why they did not use the optimum components on their nice little board?  Mark E. suggested a while ago that I should get those boards and swap in my components....this is still an option but why didn't they do that to begin with?  Different goals I suppose.

Thanks again,

Bill