#garfield Logs

May 13 2012

00:13 rue_mohr :)
00:13 rue_mohr tag!
02:16 iamturnip ha...well I tried putting a IRF530N in but i just dont have the room, I'm going to have to order that part
02:16 rue_mohr hmm
02:16 rue_mohr if your carefull not to distort the backplate, you can cut the tab off
02:17 iamturnip its too wide
02:17 iamturnip still
02:17 iamturnip i should just do it right
02:17 rue_mohr and for 1A you can solder wires from it to the board
02:17 rue_mohr you can also mount it on the back of the pcb
02:17 iamturnip its reall tight
02:17 rue_mohr :)
02:17 iamturnip *really
02:17 iamturnip and when complete you see the board as part of the "art" to it
02:17 iamturnip so i should stick with the plan
02:17 rue_mohr :)
02:17 rue_mohr ok
02:18 iamturnip but i learned some stuff about mosfets so thats cool
02:18 rue_mohr :)
02:19 rue_mohr mosfets are voltage controlled resistors
02:19 iamturnip fuck me I just found the part
02:19 iamturnip it was attached to piece of styrofoam
02:19 rue_mohr yea, its anti-static foam
02:19 rue_mohr :)
02:20 rue_mohr OH HEY!
02:20 rue_mohr did you know that mac laptop keybaord are usb!?
02:20 iamturnip yup
02:21 rue_mohr the robotics kid put a usb cable on a keyboard from a broken mac laptop!
02:21 rue_mohr I think thats halarious
02:21 rue_mohr you get rid of many of those?
02:26 iamturnip sort of
02:26 iamturnip mainly spill or broken ones
02:26 rue_mohr anyhow I find it funny how apple is forced more and more often to use real-world standards
02:27 rue_mohr I also find it funny how a heavy protocol like usb is used for an internal data bus on a computer
02:36 rue_mohr wow, $30 to $50 on ebay, then again, I cant stand laptop keyboards...
02:36 rue_mohr oh hey, you throw out ones with working touchpads tho?
02:37 rue_mohr or is that a seperate part?
02:38 rue_mohr huh, I dont see 'just touchpad' usb devices on ebay...
02:46 iamturnip its seperate usually
02:50 rue_mohr they both worked on his