<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Dear valued customer, as your monthly subscription is three months in arrears, your synth has automatically self destructed. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Seriously, this is really neat stuff.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I wonder how much more testing it would take to proof an audio design with such a large ground plane ( radio antenna ? ) now forever in place.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In the past, I have gotten myself into trouble by, willy nilly, making all open spaces into ground plane.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Roman Sowa <modular@go2.pl> </div><div>Date: 2023-01-19 12:10 (GMT+00:00) </div><div>To: synth-diy@synth-diy.org </div><div>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Self-Soldering Circuits </div><div><br></div></div>My first reaction was "what an idiotic crazy idea with no purpose". But <br>then again, since we get internal layers for free (JLC making 8-layer <br>PCB for $2 now) it's no brainer to leave one or two layers for the <br>heater. Although I would put it in small enclosure to prevent <br>unnecessary heat loss, which causes temperature gradients in the <br>components when done in free airflow.<br><br>Another use of this technique is to make ovenized exponential converter.<br>With cheap & small DC/DC converter pumping 1A at 0.5V this should be <br>enough if not too much.<br><br>Roman<br><br>W dniu 2023-01-18 o 23:31, cheater cheater via Synth-diy pisze:<br>> This could be cool if you don't want your kit's user to have to use a<br>> soldering iron... You do need a power supply that can do 150W-ish<br>> though.<br>> <br>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0csHZveVvY<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Synth-diy mailing list<br>> Synth-diy@synth-diy.org<br>> http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy<br>> Selling or trading? Use marketplace@synth-diy.org<br>> <br>_______________________________________________<br>Synth-diy mailing list<br>Synth-diy@synth-diy.org<br>http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy<br>Selling or trading? Use marketplace@synth-diy.org<br></body></html>