Doing my best to keep on saving Raspberry Pis from the dustbin ๐Ÿ˜Š.

This one arrived with 8 green led blinks - well known RAM chip soldering issue.

It takes some time, but mostly reflowing does the trick.

It did this time as well - you can see it from the impedance on one of the RAM IC caps and USB tester - so we have one more happy customer ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป.

#raspberrypi #repair #ifixit #electronic #electronics #electronicsrepair #fluke #fluke117

Btw I chose Fluke 117 if anyone is interested ๐Ÿ˜ƒ.
Mainly because:
1. Price
2. Itโ€™s a relatively new model
3. It has NCV (VoltAlert) - will come in handy with future apartment repairs
4. It has Lo-Z and more importantly as it turned out - LCAP mode that allowed me to troubleshoot my guitar pedalboard setup recently.

In general itโ€™s awesome. One thing I hate is the included probes. Swapped those for the proper silicone ones.

#multimeter #fluke #fluke117

Pedalboard adventures continue ๐Ÿ˜‚.

First I made short patch cords to connect pedals. I thought it would be an easy job and it was, but, man, it took hours or boring soldering and even more so - desoldering and disassembling old cables in order to salvage jacks. But I did it and it was already much cleaner.

Next I plan to rewire power underneath the board.

#pedalboard #dunlop #crybaby #guitar #effects #ibanez #fender #marshall #seymourduncan #ehx #fluke #fluke117 #lcap #flukelcap

Since itโ€™s #blackouts in #Ukraine again - time to fix a small #UPS that I bought as broken months ago.

Originally it had a cheapest #BMS that got HOT and same level batteries - 8/12 were dead when I got it.

I replaced batteries with proper 3000+ mAh ones wired in 3S4P and a 40A BMS - now it stays stone cold and should power my router for 10-12 hours.

Spot welded it today during blackout and soldered with my #Hakko powered by #Bluetti ๐Ÿ˜†.

#diy #ifixit #fluke117 #fluke #fnirsi #electronics