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Re:Show HN: iFixit created a new USB-C, repairable soldering... by luqtas on Thursday September 12, 2024 @12:47PM (#41522833)
dunno. my first ever soldering project was a handwired keyboard. i was popcorning when i finished. it was my first time using a mechanical switch keyboard too. not bad... 2° project, right after finishing the keyboard was soldering a PMW3360 sensor to someone's board from Github. it was a freaking blast on my 40W, 40 BRL (~ 8 USD) solder

i still have it & i'm selling handwired keyboards at a very cheap price (made with it), trying to set a non-profit that sells fair priced handwired keyboards with Vial & aims to teach the basics of electronics for teens... i can't see myself supplying anything more expensive than cheap solders, nor i can see what joy i would get from an expensive solder tool

my wiring for reference -> https://happort.org/keyboard_example.png

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Re:Show HN: iFixit created a new USB-C, repairable soldering... by arcanemachiner on Thursday September 12, 2024 @01:59PM (#41523645)
Popcorning: "the happy little jump that guinea pigs give when they are full of joy"

In case anyone else was wondering.

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Re:Show HN: iFixit created a new USB-C, repairable soldering... by schmidtleonard on Thursday September 12, 2024 @02:33PM (#41524027)
Oh good. In the context of soldering "popcorning" typically means explosive steam formation that puffs up the package a part, often an expensive part because bigger / more complicated packaging is a risk factor. I was having trouble making that fit with the rest of the post.
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Re:Show HN: iFixit created a new USB-C, repairable soldering... by aylons on Thursday September 12, 2024 @02:50PM (#41524203)
I went through the same thing, it was a really unfortunate choice of words in the context.
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Re:Show HN: iFixit created a new USB-C, repairable soldering... by timfsu on Thursday September 12, 2024 @01:22PM (#41523192)
That's wonderful - I used to solder with a cheap iron until university. A nice iron gets a lot hotter, and it makes everything easier and faster. It may not matter for keyboards, but on a small PCB where everything is a few mm part, the precision of a good tip matters too.
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