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| Oslaw:
I can get some components here in Nigeria. I have noticed some companies do not ship here. And EBay is slow. How do you continue doing electronics with limited funds and supply of components? |
| rstofer:
Maybe you grab up some surplus pieces and remove the parts. I haven't tried it but since a toaster oven will do reflow solder, I imagine it can heat the board enough that you could pull it and bang the edge to remove many of the components. I certainly have never tried using a torch on the back side of a PCB to desolder components on the front side. But I would... I guess I would be disassembling everything I could get my hands on. Doing electronics in Nigeria is going to be difficult. Creativity will be the key. |
| Shock:
Tell people around you that your interest is in electronics. Ask them to tell others. If they have broken or old electronics, give them to you instead of throwing out. Strip down anything broken and remove the PCBs for easy storage. A power supply from a TV would have a few components damaged, the rest are fine. With a multimeter, solder sucker and solder you can do component troubleshooting and repairs. When you need a component look through PCBs for something suitable. Charge people for the repair or sell off things you repair. Use this to fund buying better equipment and components. Don't think you are alone in doing this, I have a pile of PCBs as well. |
| TimNJ:
I checked shipping rates to Nigeria from USA. Reasonable sized box, 3lb maybe, would cost around $60. Yes, fairly expensive, but perhaps someone on here (me even) would be willing to send a package of stuff, if you knew what you were interested in. In your case, it may be worthwhile to stockpile as many components as possible. If you had access to a fast, local distributor (like Digikey/Mouser here in the US), then the consensus (these days) would be to *not* stockpile components, and instead buy as needed. However, since shipping will be slow and expensive to Nigeria, perhaps building up a diverse collection of parts would be in your favor. How slow is shipping from eBay? (China, I presume?) For instance, if someone in the US purchased a collection of inexpensive parts from China and sent them to Nigeria, I can't imagine it taking less than 2 weeks total. Is it slower than that? What is your focus? Are you just starting off, trying to learn? |
| Oslaw:
--- Quote from: TimNJ on June 27, 2018, 01:44:17 am ---I checked shipping rates to Nigeria from USA. Reasonable sized box, 3lb maybe, would cost around $60. Yes, fairly expensive, but perhaps someone on here (me even) would be willing to send a package of stuff, if you knew what you were interested in. In your case, it may be worthwhile to stockpile as many components as possible. If you had access to a fast, local distributor (like Digikey/Mouser here in the US), then the consensus (these days) would be to *not* stockpile components, and instead buy as needed. However, since shipping will be slow and expensive to Nigeria, perhaps building up a diverse collection of parts would be in your favor. How slow is shipping from eBay? (China, I presume?) For instance, if someone in the US purchased a collection of inexpensive parts from China and sent them to Nigeria, I can't imagine it taking less than 2 weeks total. Is it slower than that? What is your focus? Are you just starting off, trying to learn? --- End quote --- Thanks for the reply. I ordered for ARM Cortex-M4 development board (STM32F4Discovery) from ebay on the 10th of this month and still expecting it. I am a beginner interested in Automation, IOT and Robotics. Still searching for the few electronics markets in my city. |
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