#robotics Logs

May 17 2018

05:00 AM Jak_o_Shadows: well, I just bought the little laser time of flight distance sensor
05:04 AM Jak_o_Shadows: and to get to the $5 US minimum for the voucher, I also bought a little 10GHz doppler module
09:59 PM orlock: my GF's bought two of the same style vape
09:59 PM orlock: both have had the button fail
09:59 PM orlock: i had a look.. the button was perpendicular to the PCB
10:00 PM orlock: SMT style button
10:00 PM orlock: just held in place by the solder
10:00 PM orlock: so after not-much-use, it got pushed in, and eventually broke off
10:00 PM orlock: it was completely unsupported
10:00 PM orlock: and i can't open up the "tube" to fix it
10:00 PM orlock: dremel time
10:01 PM zhanx: famous last words
10:02 PM orlock: It's a metal tube, with a button and USB port, and metal caps on each end that appear to have been presed in
10:03 PM orlock: i put the tube in a vise and used a set of multi-angle pliers, no joy
10:05 PM orlock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHhvuHo-8dQ - jump to about 2:20 and he shows off the part i'm trying to open
10:05 PM orlock: Button, USB socket, and two tiny holes
10:05 PM orlock: one end has the threaded socket that the mouthbit goes into