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What are your electronics related quirks?
Syntax Error:
My father never threw any electronic part away because one day it might come in usefull. He was right.
Berni:
One of mine is printing out service manual schematics when fixing things.
Im still young enough to be considered a millennial so i don't really like using paper. I even sketch ideas in vector using CorelDraw, i only really print things out when i have to for some reason. But when fixing old testgear i will print out the relevant schematics on paper and keep them near by while probing around. Its also useful to be able to scribble on the schematics about the measurements i made.
I also like to keep taking photos all trough the repair process to document it. Sometimes it might become a thread about the repair on here, other times its just for my own reference in case i forget how to put it back together.
And yes no parts get thrown out, sure most of them may never end up getting used but the ones that do get used can be a lifesaver. It helps get the job done in minutes rather than waiting days for ordered parts to get here.
Muttley Snickers:
I have been keeping the screws and other fixings from donor equipment for decades and now have ice cream containers full of various screws. I also keep all of the little nuts, bolts, washers and spacers in separate containers to make them easier to find. When working on a project I can easily spend an hour or more sorting through two litre containers of screws until I find ones that are all exactly the same. ::)
RoGeorge:
Need one of this?
:)
schmitt trigger:
On my board designs, I always align the ICs with pin 1 facing north (upwards in the computer screen).
Text is always read left to right, when the board is also aligned that way, and for those components which have to be rotated 90 degrees, text is aligned top to bottom.
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