Jeff's Handiwork 

Some examples of technical handiwork I've done

For $150 we could have bought an adaptor from Microchip. Instead I built my own. The orientation label is for how to place it in the programmer.
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For $150 we could have bought an adaptor from Microchip. Instead I built my own. The orientation label is for how to place it in the programmer.
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Here's the backside. Notice the labels documenting what I'd done. They'll come in handy later.
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Here's the backside. Notice the labels documenting what I'd done. They'll come in handy later.
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Same kludge adaptor with a difference. I can now stretch a cable from the programmer (via the new connector) to the target kludge and burn the chip without having to remove and replace it twice.
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Same kludge adaptor with a difference. I can now stretch a cable from the programmer (via the new connector) to the target kludge and burn the chip without having to remove and replace it twice.
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Had to re-route a couple wires, but the connector and socket are wired in parallel.
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Had to re-route a couple wires, but the connector and socket are wired in parallel.
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I honestly don't remember what this was for, but it was obviously very clever or I wouldn't have taken a picture. :)
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I honestly don't remember what this was for, but it was obviously very clever or I wouldn't have taken a picture. :)
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Here's the other end of that cable. How to install a better processor with a different form factor? Enormous kludge! The shop guys made the clamp to my specifications.
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Here's the other end of that cable. How to install a better processor with a different form factor? Enormous kludge! The shop guys made the clamp to my specifications.
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Later, the processor we're really going to use in a slightly better form factor. Still trying to fit a 28-pin DIP into an 18-pin socket, though.
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Later, the processor we're really going to use in a slightly better form factor. Still trying to fit a 28-pin DIP into an 18-pin socket, though.
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Well, heck, I had all those extra I/O pins. Why not use some for diagnostics?
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Well, heck, I had all those extra I/O pins. Why not use some for diagnostics?
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But even that wasn't good enough, we needed it to fit into the case. This is a TSOP part. Next time -- if there is a next time -- I'll use SOIC. This was very tedious and fiddly.
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But even that wasn't good enough, we needed it to fit into the case. This is a TSOP part. Next time -- if there is a next time -- I'll use SOIC. This was very tedious and fiddly.
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