Workshop videos roundup

Here’s a list of the videos we’ve posted in the last few months. More are on the way.

Our goal isn’t to replace written content. Videos don’t get indexed by search engines, and you can’t print it out and take it to your workbench. We just want to show what’s going on in the workshop, and have an ongoing dialog about tools and techniques. We learned a lot from the comments on our QFN/BGA soldering post, and we hope you feel emboldened to try a new surface mount package too.

• Workshop video: Sjaak solders a QFN chip, attempts the BGA challenge
• Workshop update: firmware and soldering station
• Bulk part order unboxing
• Bus Pirate week, day 5 – measure a capacitor and parts unboxing
• Bus Pirate week, day 3 – cases and enclosures
• Bus Pirate week, day 2 – accessories and cables
• Bus Pirate development week – day 1
• Soldering the Bus Pirate v4
• Soldering the Bus Pirate demo board v5
• CPLD breakout board v1a prototype
• PICqueño32 power up test and first program
• Repairing the PICqueño32 dev-board prototype
• Soldering PICqueño32 dev-board prototype

This week new cameras arrived. They’re 3.5 megapixels at 1080p, compared to only 1.2 megapixels with the old camera. They also work much better with the workshop lighting. Any minute we also expect a box of Nasty Clamps to show up, they’ll let us shoot wherever, no messing with the tripod.