Today we giveaway four FLUKES tweezers that we bought in Shenzhen. Leave a comment below, and we’ll pick 4 winners tomorrow.
Tag Archives: Shenzhen Global Geek Tour 2012
Seeed Studio tour: People
Here’s just a handful of the Seeed Studio people we have known for years. Many we’ve met at Maker Faires in the US, many we just met for the first time in China. Ian, Kevin, and Eric Pan. Eric is the founder and CEO of Seeed Studio. He’s the guy who makes it possible for […]
Seeed Studio open hardware manufacturing tour
A highlight of our Global Geek Tour to Shenzhen, China was a tour of the Seeed Studio offices and factory. This is where Seeed Studio makes open source hardware, all our open projects pass through here. Seeed has modern, clean offices with a mix of Chinese and international people hanging around. It looks pretty much […]
VIDEO #17: Seeed Studio open source hardware manufacturing tour in Shenzhen, China 2012
We toured the offices and factory where Seeed Studio makes open source hardware in Shenzhen, China. All our open source projects are manufactured and shipped from here. Be sure to check out our visit to the Shenhzen Maker Faire, as well as our Global Geek Tour wiki.
GIVEAWAY: 4 boxes of roisn flux
Today we giveaway four boxes of rosin flux that we bought in Shenzhen. This is the stuff you need to make your own DIY flux. Just crush the rosin and mix with IPA. Forum members report that it’s good flux, and doesn’t smell as bad as some brand name fluxes. Leave a comment below, and […]
VIDEO #15: Apliu Street electronics market tour
Dangerous Prototypes drops by the Apliu Street electronics market in Hong Kong on the way to Shenzhen, China. It’s a smaller market, but a great warmup for Hua Qiang Bei. Check out pictures, and descriptions in our posts. You can also grab a Google Maps layer for all the locations we visited.
GIVEAVAY: 2 Hakko tips and 1 heavy-duty solder paste
Lets take a break from the geek tour and give away two more Hakko 900M-T-3C soldering iron tips, and one can of heavy duty solder paste. This paste is too acidic and corrosive for PCB use. It’s intended for heavy duty soldering, like joining or repairing copper pipes. We’ll give these away to 3 random […]
Apliu Street: Other stuff
We did a lot of fun stuff in Hong Kong that doesn’t fit in any other category. These are our pictures of food, fish, and fun. Here’s a big part of the Dangerous Prototypes crew, from the left: Sjaak, Ian, Lynn, and Vimark. More food, snacks, gamer t-shirts, and IRC jokes below the fold.
Apliu Street: Electronics Shops
Apliu Street has two major electronics component shops. Both carry way more stuff than our local electronics store, and the prices are a lot closer to eBay or Mouser than anything we’ve seen in the past. These drawers contain a ton of parts, just grab what you need and pay on the way out. We […]
GIVEAWAY: 2 Hakko 900M-T-3C bevel tips
We’re giving away two Hakko 900M-T-3C bevel tips that we picked up from the Pak Lik store at Apliu Street, Hong Kong. These tips are great for drag soldering, although not as good as the elusive 3CM mini-wave tips. Leave a comment below, and we’ll pick two random winners tomorrow.
Apliu Street: Golden Computer Arcade
In Hong Kong ‘Golden’ is synonymous with computer stores. We spotted Golden stores all over the city. The Golden Computer Arcade is one of the biggest, and it’s just a short walk from Apliu Street.
Apliu Street: Market stands
Apliu Street in Hong Kong is a mini electronic gadget and part market. We stopped by on our way to Shenzhen to check it out. It isn’t as impressive as the other markets on our Global Geek Tour, but it has a few really well stocked parts stores with online prices. We’d love to have […]
GLOBAL GEEK TOUR: Apliu Street electronics market in Hong Kong
Apliu Street is a two block stretch of market stands, gadget shops, and electronic part stores in the Sham Shui Po neighborhood of Hong Kong. With only two major parts stores it doesn’t really compare to the other markets on the Global Geek Tour, but it was a great place to geek out on the […]
WORKSHOP VIDEO #14: Global Geek Tour China preview
We toured the prime geek locations in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China on our penultimate Global Geek Tour. Monday thru Friday of next week we’ll have videos, pictures, and giveaways. Here’s a quick preview. Don’t miss a single day or giveaway next week.
Global Geek Tour: Sjaak’s score from Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China
This is a little grab of some of the things Sjaak came home with from our Global Geek Tour of China this week. This pile has 5 little breadboard, 5 LCD/OLED breakout boards for plastic ribbon FPC connectors, 2 shiny LiPo batteries with a capacity of 800mAh, and a spool of black thin wire. We […]
Global Geek Tour: Ian’s Apliu Street Hong Kong score
Our geek tour of China started with Apliu Street, Hong Kong’s version of Akihabara. It has a few well-stocked electronics stores with online prices, but it’s not big enough to be a global geek destination on its own. A store with a big HAKKO sign had a nice range of irons and soldering stuff. Here’s […]
Global Geek Tour: Ian’s Hua Qiang Bei (SEG Market) score
We’ve scarcely been back for 3 hours, but already Sjaak and Ian are in IRC unboxing their toys from Hua Qiang Bei. First, the big lesson we learned. For years we’ve heard about SEG Market and the component shops, but it’s actually part of a whole neighborhood of electronics distributor complexes much like Akihabara or […]
Our Shenzhen score stashed away in our baggage
All our market scores carefully packed in dirty socks and underwear. Unlike previous trips we did have to buy extra bags and pay for excess baggage on the way back.
Shenzhen Global Geek Tour preview
We’re on the way back with tons of film and goodies to give away. Sjaak and Ian return tomorrow and the posts and giveaways will begin. We met a ton of suppliers with great stuff we’re going to try to get into the Seeed shop. Here’s a quick picture to give you a preview. There’s […]
Hua Qiang Bei District electronics market in Shenzhen, China
Guys over at Seeed wrote about their neighborhood, the Hua Qiang Bei District located in Shenzhen China. This is arguably the largest electronics market in the world. Covering several city blocks populated by ten story buildings all blistering with electronics shops. This will be our next Global Geek Tour which we’ll be visiting in April. […]