Yeah, im guilty of desoldering way more stuff than I ever ended up using but when do you have enough LED's? Well, if you built PC's in the early to mid 2000's the answer is never. You can never have too many LED's.
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"A rite of passage for a young electronics enthusiast used to be collecting an array of surplus boards from whatever could be found, and using them as sources of parts to desolder. It was possible with a bit of work and searching to build all manner of electronic projects without spending much at all. Many hardware hackers know their way around consumer electronics from the decade before their teenage years as a result. Secondhand components can still be used, but the type of components to be found has changed, as well as those needed. [ElectricMonkeyBrain] takes a look, and asks “What should you desolder?”."
Yeah, im guilty of desoldering way more stuff than I ever ended up using but when do you have enough LED's? Well, if you built PC's in the early to mid 2000's the answer is never. You can never have too many LED's.
Archive: https://archive.today/drxYC
From the post:
"A rite of passage for a young electronics enthusiast used to be collecting an array of surplus boards from whatever could be found, and using them as sources of parts to desolder. It was possible with a bit of work and searching to build all manner of electronic projects without spending much at all. Many hardware hackers know their way around consumer electronics from the decade before their teenage years as a result. Secondhand components can still be used, but the type of components to be found has changed, as well as those needed. [ElectricMonkeyBrain] takes a look, and asks “What should you desolder?”."
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