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  • Electronic Stuff Homemade
    • DDS sine signal generator for AM modulation from 1 Hz to 40 MHz with an AD9850 or AD9851, an ATmega328, and an Arduino firmware
    • Homemade Superhet for Medium Wave with Crystal Filter
    • DVB-T-USB-Sticks as Scanner from 9 kHz to more than 1 GHz
    • Audio Amplifier using TBA820M with PCB
    • How to fix the capacitor plague on your motherboard or PSU
    • Stereo Audio Amplifier with one TDA2005 2 x 6 Watt
  • Mechanics
    • Soldering of aluminum with soft solder for electronic components
  • Power Supplies
    • 1 – 250 Volt regulated DC Power Supply
    • Converting an unknown 3 A switching power supply for adjustable 5 – 24 V
    • Converting Computer Power Supplies (PSU) to stabilized 13.8 V DC 20 A
    • Easy Car Battery Charger
    • Modifying an old ATX-PSU to 14 Volts 19 Amperes
    • Power supply from 2.4 to 23 volts adjustable from an old AT or ATX PSU
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Mechanics

Soldering of aluminum with soft solder for electronic components

Aluminum can be soldered with normal tin/lead solder for electronics provided the aluminum surface is sanded with a glass fiber brush, a stainless steel brush or sandpaper in order to remove the oxide layer.

  • Electronic Stuff Homemade
    • DDS sine signal generator for AM modulation from 1 Hz to 40 MHz with an AD9850 or AD9851, an ATmega328, and an Arduino firmware
    • Homemade Superhet for Medium Wave with Crystal Filter
    • DVB-T-USB-Sticks as Scanner from 9 kHz to more than 1 GHz
    • Audio Amplifier using TBA820M with PCB
    • How to fix the capacitor plague on your motherboard or PSU
    • Stereo Audio Amplifier with one TDA2005 2 x 6 Watt
  • Mechanics
    • Soldering of aluminum with soft solder for electronic components
  • Power Supplies
    • 1 – 250 Volt regulated DC Power Supply
    • Converting an unknown 3 A switching power supply for adjustable 5 – 24 V
    • Converting Computer Power Supplies (PSU) to stabilized 13.8 V DC 20 A
    • Easy Car Battery Charger
    • Modifying an old ATX-PSU to 14 Volts 19 Amperes
    • Power supply from 2.4 to 23 volts adjustable from an old AT or ATX PSU
  • SM5ZBS – Ham Radio
  • Imprint
  • Privacy Policy

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