AFE123
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8/11/22
Hi,
It's been a hot minute. I made some good progress:
-The PCBs arrived from china. For cheap shipping, two weeks isn’t bad. So, here are the pcbs in their full glory.
As mentioned before, This board will hold the regulators I’m using. It’s a pain to wire up the regs, so I put them on the PCB instead.I was foolish and got rid of the Through hole pins on the regs and it’s backfiring on me now. I’m selling the PTR and PTH reg that’s not on the board, so if you’re interested, PM me. If I don’t get anything by next week, I’ll keep them and try to make them work.
This is for the charging system. It’s based on the ashen's charge or play circuit so It had 3 modes: battery, charging and wall power mode. I utilized the TP5100 module and some random BMS off amazon. I haven’t been able to test it with batteries, but it works as intended. Also, I won’t have to worry about someone plugging it in while running on the batteries since the TP5100 will not be connected to anything.
Unfortunately, I’ll have to take a small hiatus from this project. 1st, I’m running a bit low on funds. I fortunately have a university job lined up, so that shouldn't be a concern for too long. I’m also underequipped. TBH, the Plusivo iron is inadequate. While it does have a temperature knob, it doesn’t maintain the temperature and soldering becomes difficult. It is far better than the Walmart fire sticks, but it’s not good enough for portablizing. I’m planning on designing a soldering station based on this guide.
On a different note, does anyone have any tips on removing the solder/pins from these holes? I tried using my solder sucker, but it didn't work very well.
Also, does anyone have any tips on scrapping the usb traces on the PS2. What kind of knife should I use, and should I invest in a microscopic camera?
Hi,
It's been a hot minute. I made some good progress:
-The PCBs arrived from china. For cheap shipping, two weeks isn’t bad. So, here are the pcbs in their full glory.
As mentioned before, This board will hold the regulators I’m using. It’s a pain to wire up the regs, so I put them on the PCB instead.I was foolish and got rid of the Through hole pins on the regs and it’s backfiring on me now. I’m selling the PTR and PTH reg that’s not on the board, so if you’re interested, PM me. If I don’t get anything by next week, I’ll keep them and try to make them work.
This is for the charging system. It’s based on the ashen's charge or play circuit so It had 3 modes: battery, charging and wall power mode. I utilized the TP5100 module and some random BMS off amazon. I haven’t been able to test it with batteries, but it works as intended. Also, I won’t have to worry about someone plugging it in while running on the batteries since the TP5100 will not be connected to anything.
Unfortunately, I’ll have to take a small hiatus from this project. 1st, I’m running a bit low on funds. I fortunately have a university job lined up, so that shouldn't be a concern for too long. I’m also underequipped. TBH, the Plusivo iron is inadequate. While it does have a temperature knob, it doesn’t maintain the temperature and soldering becomes difficult. It is far better than the Walmart fire sticks, but it’s not good enough for portablizing. I’m planning on designing a soldering station based on this guide.
On a different note, does anyone have any tips on removing the solder/pins from these holes? I tried using my solder sucker, but it didn't work very well.
Also, does anyone have any tips on scrapping the usb traces on the PS2. What kind of knife should I use, and should I invest in a microscopic camera?