What’s On the Bench Tonight (OBT)

M2x / Yarra Experimenter board V4 :wrench:

Thanks to Xrk971, JPS64 and Vuze getting into the right direction.
 

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For me, MAKOP virus was on the bench in the last days and nights.
I killed it, and all of the data recovered from backup.
I hope so.
Hope is the most beautiful word.

Sorry about that, Gyuri! Glad you were able to recover your data!

What AV software do you use? I have used Avast for past 5 years. I upgraded to the paid version. Seems to be good so far.
 
WOBT - June 7, 2021: this is actually on Vunce’s bench. The LuFo amp PCBs arrived. These are huge mirror symmetry boards designed to fill the length of a 300mm deep UMS heatsink. JPS64 made another masterpiece in elegance and simplicity. I think these boards might hold the record of 21,000 vias.

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Just built up a JLH1996 class A amplifier.
Didnt work so a careful visual inspection first showed a MPS92 in wrong way around.
So replaced it and it still didnt work.
Checked all components and found a bad trimmer.
Replaced it and amp burst into life.
Trimmer was ebay's best so maybe not unexpected that its faulty unless transistor wrong way around blew it.
 
Hey Anand!

So your familiar with Stratos, Hehe. The chassis is a monster, I knew it would come in handy some day. The positioning of the components is not set in stone, I just wanted to make sure everything would fit in side with the lid on.
I love my Hakko also! Switching tips takes 5 seconds and the selection of specialty tips, especially for SMD components, is fantastic.
Just received the parts to start the verification build, slinging solder this weekend 😀

Cheers,
Vunce
 
Hi Anand,

That’s a lovely bench ! Clean enough to operate on! 🙂

What is that choke you have?! Looks like a flat copper foil winding?

I see you have the same LED binocular magnifiers that Vunce and I both use.

I see you use JBL LSR 305’s to listen while soldering. Nice.

Prasi’s Mofo board looks great!

Thanks for sharing.
 
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WOBT - June 11, 2021: The LuFo PCBs are here! I’m going to start populating them. These boards are impressively huge. JPS64 did superb job. We have a few silkscreen errors but that’s the point of verification builds. We work out all the bugs before releasing proven-to-work designs for all to enjoy.
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Did I mention that I ordered these monoblock chassis? Will be 3 weeks or so before they get here.

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