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Starting a new maker adventures thread. Soldering! My previous thread on experiments with the Elegoo mega2560 starter kit are here
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Starting to play with Arduino more. First I’ve fiddled with electronic assembly in ~20 years and the biggest learning is: middle-aged eyesight and finger dexterity suck. Reading resistor values and assembling even a simple circuit was more eye/finger strain than I expected.
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Yeah me too. Eyesight much worse at 46 than at 23 when I last soldered, but reading glasses plus magnifying glass lets me muddle through. I’m hoping tactile skills improve faster than eyesight declines. I’ve seen 80y-old technicians solder fine with thick glasses so no excuses 🤓