On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 23:20:19 +0200 Vincent ml.eoma68@eml.cc wrote:
Dear all,
I'm a little bit worried since there has been no status update for quite a while and little to no activity on this mailing list for over 2 weeks.
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any news would be highly appreciated.
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Luke has been sooo busy he has been postponing his prolific posting habits (replying to me too). Expect nothing more from luke than something short that only somewhat answers the question that you were asking. This is just his situation.
As for my status, (since you did ask why the ML was silent), I'm hand soldering an eDP connector. It is going poorly as the pins are so small that I had to buy a set of 20x mag glasses. These arrived 2 weeks late and bent, today. They do not fit either. They are too small. Augh. If that was not bad enough they have to be within 1/2 inch in order to focus. How am I supposed to work with that? Furthermore, the pins cannot be desoldered because the plastic connector becomes too hot and the pins fall out. I tried a low temp and then a high temp to shock the solder off with the same result. True, I could special order a 30pin eDP connector, but why spend $70 on a screen and then $50-$140 on a cable (alibaba est.), without shipping included?! I also bought a soldering stand, but it would not hold my very small pieces stable so I tightened the nut and the metal bent! I am tired of the stupid designs people keep inventing for inventors, so I bought a 6 arm plastic work piece holder. It works well, but heaven help me if I have to buy a replacement arm. They are so expensive (as was the the 6 arm work piece holder)! While I am working on the connector I decided to buy an adapter to connect the HDMI output of my SBC to a spare VGA panel. It has been a 10 days (6 business), since I ordered it and it still has not shipped...
Well, I am upset at my circumstances but at least I am learning, right? I think I'll try using some solder paste and or a heat shrink in between the pins to prevent myself from cross soldering them.
What I really need is to figure out, "What dissolves Rosin flux?" I tried acetone (aka. nail polish remover), dish soap, turpentine (aka. paint thinner), plain soap, and alcohol without effect. All the above were recommended online by a verity of clueless loosers.
Sincerely, David