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I’ve been developing a RF transceiver for use with my Kadet.  I really like these Micrel RadioWire modules, but they basically must be reflow soldered.  They’re also about $16/ea. in single unit quantities, so I want to make sure that the carrier PCB works before I solder on the module (I’ve made that mistake already!).  With that in mind, I had to figure out how to solder the module on after all the other components were installed.  This means hand soldering.  Looking on the datasheet, they say that it can be done, using solder paste.  So, here’s documentation of my attempt.

PCB ready for module

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Video of the iPhone TV Lift controller working!
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I added a serial port to my wireless router so it could monitor the weather.  I know, why does a router care what the weather is like?  Well, it doesn’t, but I do.  Actually, I want to add a weather widget to this blog and also upload it to weather underground (not the one with Bill Ayers ).  << Correction! I’ve finished the weather station, and I’m not using the netgear router or weather underground.  See this post for details. >> I haven’t finished any of that yet, but it came in handy later when I bricked it!
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