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Cake day: July 19th, 2023

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  • The fact that a capacitor is marked with a 1000V label does not necessarily mean that 1000V are present on its terminal (but you should use caution). I don’t think the voltage makes it out of the realm of electronics.

    It’s quite hard to answer your question, as the board is quite dirty and you provided a single picture. You could check for continuity and capacitance value with a multimeter




  • I do not know if they are open to the public per se, but it seemed to be something they do quite regularly. Concerning the material, they say on their site that it is a “polymer”. On this page they go quickly over how the measurements work.

    I was actually not visiting sensirion, but lumiphase. A smaller company they are investing in which does optical chips. It’s interesting stuff, they are also depositing unusual materials on the silicon wafer to make their chips work.



  • Hey! Props to you for trying something new. While the through hole components look OK, soldering large gauge wire can be quite tricky, especially if the soldering iron is not powerful. What soldering iron do you use? In these cases especially, it is important to wick the wire first, wick the soldering pad and finally assemble the two. Raising the iron temperature for this can also be useful (I sometimes use 400° or a bit higher). It is counter intuitive, but hotter iron means quicker soldering job, and less heat in the surrounding area (e.g cable’s insulator)