<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Electronics Hobby @ macroware.blog-city.com</title><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Electronics Hobby) </description><copyright>Copyright 2009 macroware.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:57:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Electronics Hobby @ macroware.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Toaster Oven Reflow Project - First Time Melting Solder</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/toaster_oven_reflow_project__first_time_melting_solder.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/toaster_oven_reflow_project__first_time_melting_solder.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=toaster%5Foven%5Freflow%5Fproject%5F%5Ffirst%5Ftime%5Fmelting%5Fsolder</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today is the first time I attempted to melt solder in the toaster oven.&nbsp; I just wanted to put a circuit board from a very old and obsolete cable converter box in the oven and remove the components.&nbsp; The board was a single sided through hole]]></description></item><item><title>Toaster Oven Reflow Project - Part 3</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/toaster_oven_reflow_project__part_3.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/toaster_oven_reflow_project__part_3.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=toaster%5Foven%5Freflow%5Fproject%5F%5Fpart%5F3</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is a continuation of the article series on my toaster oven reflow project.&nbsp; I had previously determined that the controller could not operate in the high temperature when mounted inside the oven compartment.&nbsp; So I put the controller, t]]></description></item><item><title>My Toaster Reflow Oven Project - Part 2</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/my_toaster_reflow_oven_project__part_2.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/my_toaster_reflow_oven_project__part_2.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=my%5Ftoaster%5Freflow%5Foven%5Fproject%5F%5Fpart%5F2</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is a continuation of my toaster reflow oven project. I disassembled my toaster oven project and moved the controller away from the oven to test the theory that it was overheating.&nbsp; I monitored the temperature at the controller and at variou]]></description></item><item><title>My Toaster Reflow Oven Project - Part 1</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/my_toaster_reflow_oven_project__part_1.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/my_toaster_reflow_oven_project__part_1.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=my%5Ftoaster%5Freflow%5Foven%5Fproject%5F%5Fpart%5F1</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a previous article  just over a year ago, I wrote about a concept that I had read about for electronic hobbyists to turn a toaster oven into a reflow oven for soldering.&nbsp; Well I couldn&#39;t resist giving this a try when my mom mentioned to m]]></description></item><item><title>Surface Mount Assembly Techniques for the Hobbyist</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/surface_mount_assembly_techniques_for_the_hobbyist.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/surface_mount_assembly_techniques_for_the_hobbyist.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=surface%5Fmount%5Fassembly%5Ftechniques%5Ffor%5Fthe%5Fhobbyist</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I saw an article in IEEE Spectrum Magazine recently with some techniques that a hobbyist could use for surface mount assembly.&nbsp; It is clearly obvious that with the small size of surface mount components nowadays the hobbyist can hardly rely on b]]></description></item><item><title>Wart Zapper Circuit</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/wart_zapper_circuit.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/wart_zapper_circuit.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2006 01:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=wart%5Fzapper%5Fcircuit</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have had some warts on my feet, and I came across a circuit in Nuts & Volts Magazine to help remove them [1].  The basic concept of the circuit is that it uses high frequency current pulses through the wart to destroy it.  The article]]></description></item><item><title>Nuts &amp; Volts Magazine Back Issues</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/nuts__volts_magazine_back_issues.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/nuts__volts_magazine_back_issues.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2005 20:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nuts%5F%5Fvolts%5Fmagazine%5Fback%5Fissues</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have over the years enjoyed reading Nuts &amp; Volts magazine.  This is a magazine dedicated to the electronics hobbiest.   I think I had a subscription to the magazine as far back as middle school age.  I have had a subscription off and on over]]></description></item></channel></rss>