Comments on: mp3 flash recovery

By: Bart Bilos

Bart Bilos — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:44:37 +0000

Put a mirror up here: http://bart.lambonet.com/projects/mysterymp3/mysterymp3.html

At 9:
Yeah I have seen the new cheap chinese hot air machines. They usually have the brand AOYUE, I am using one of their temperature regulated stations. It works quite well, nice high quality tips too that dont corrode too fast. So maybe next time.

By: Wim L

Wim L — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:40:51 +0000

Yeah, chipquik is less compelling now that there are cheap hot-air machines available. I bet it still has its uses though.

By: bigall

bigall — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 13:42:52 +0000

Well, you can e-mail me at temp [at] zoutkorrel.nl
I’ll remove this temporary e-mail address after you’ve contacted me, and then I’ll send you my real e-mail address.

By: Bart Bilos

Bart Bilos — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:50:05 +0000

At 6:
Can you please send my your email adress, its always useful to have some bandwidth, and i just get 15 hits a day. Its just I got slashdotted by hackaday, didnt know that the interest would be so big.

By: bigall

bigall — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:17:05 +0000

Please e-mail me to get some free hostingspace without any banners and unlimited bandwith. Servers are located in the Netherlands.

By: Bart Bilos

Bart Bilos — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 01:15:31 +0000

I just hosted it on a personal webspace, yes its quite bad. Sorry for that.

By: whitephatt

whitephatt — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:21:26 +0000

...I sure wish his project page worked.

Without flaming too much.. You would think that someone as brillant as that would use a decent hosting service. :)

-White

By: Tabajara

Tabajara — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:47:13 +0000

404′ed…any mirrors?

By: felix domke

felix domke — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:05:17 +0000

It depends. There are really cheap chinese hot air stations for about $150 which are good for desoldering TSOP and QFP, and even BGA if you dare. Yes, they don't offer what $3000+ IR stations devices offer, but often it's exactly what you need.

For TSOP i still prefer tweezers, but i know they are not soo cheap. But definitely worthy.

By: Bart Bilos

Bart Bilos — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:43:56 +0000

Well a rework station is expensive if you compare it to chipquik. Especially for one off jobs like this, and for hobbyists. At work we use it for repairs in the field where we usually use gas powered soldering irons and chipquik.