wow_elec_tron, 4 months ago

@geekmomprojects i have a bin of prototypes that i look at every few months & go " what the hell was i doing here"

geekmomprojects, 4 months ago

@wow_elec_tron I have that too, though I have them stored in a hard place to reach so I encounter them less frequently. It's so hard to get rid of projects, even when I'm sure I'll never follow up with them.

SaguaroLynx, 4 months ago

@geekmomprojects

"Aging like fine milk" is a wonderfully evocative description!!

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geekmomprojects, 4 months ago

@SaguaroLynx not original, I'm afraid, but pretty accurate!

jes5199, 4 months ago

@geekmomprojects does that mean the project I abandoned in 2018, I should restart from scratch?

geekmomprojects, 4 months ago

@jes5199 I hope you have better luck than I seem to!

Stormgren, 4 months ago

@geekmomprojects In the sense that the adhesive fails to adhere, or something else going on?

geekmomprojects, 4 months ago

@Stormgren a LOT of failures in my solder connections, as well as a lot of glitchy LED strips that weren't that way when I stored the project.

avatastic, 4 months ago

@geekmomprojects how have LED strip builds changed over the years? Are there now more LEDs per inch than in the early days, and have the revamped versions of the projects reflected that, or are the projects very much of their time?

geekmomprojects, 4 months ago

@avatastic to be fair, some of it is that I've learned a great deal about making projects sturdier over time, and my soldering has improved a great deal. However some of the problem is that LED strips that were working fine when I stored the project are glitchy now

ratkins, 4 months ago

@geekmomprojects @avatastic I have found a failure mode whereby the silicon potting on the led strip dries out and grips the led chips and pulls them off the flex board.

geekmomprojects, 4 months ago

@ratkins @avatastic that could be a thing here